Grab Surname
Approximately 6,867 people bear this surname
Grab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,383 | 1:262,082 | 24,727 |
| Germany | 1,272 | 1:63,290 | 8,125 |
| Poland | 1,257 | 1:30,238 | 4,610 |
| Romania | 793 | 1:25,319 | 3,212 |
| Russia | 767 | 1:187,905 | 20,921 |
| Switzerland | 562 | 1:14,614 | 2,411 |
| Moldova | 193 | 1:18,453 | 3,151 |
| Belarus | 129 | 1:73,652 | 11,941 |
| Kazakhstan | 104 | 1:170,024 | 16,548 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75 | 1:47,152 | 6,063 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Argentina | 30 | 1:1,424,780 | 80,162 |
| Slovakia | 17 | 1:313,909 | 44,635 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 167 | 1:300,711 | 23,854 |
The alternate forms: Gräb (641) & Gráb (12) are calculated separately.
Grab (46) may also be a first name.
Grab Demographics
Grab Political Affiliation
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Grab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grab (Oriya: ଗବ, Russian: Граб) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gräb or Gráb. Click here to see other potential spellings of Grab.
How Common Is The Last Name Grab? popularity and diffusion
The surname Grab is the 71,852nd most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,061,242 people. Grab is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of Grab reside; 43 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 27 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Grab is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name globally, held by 46 people.
Grab is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,383 people, or 1 in 262,082. In The United States Grab is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 16 percent are found, Maryland, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent are found and Poland, where 18 percent are found.
Grab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Grab has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grab surname grew 828 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grab Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Grab last name are 6.29% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 53.06% registered with the party.
The amount Grab earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.95% less than the national average, earning R 126,060 per year; in United States they earn 15.06% more than the national average, earning $49,647 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.93% less than the national average, earning $46,736 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gräb | 92 | 641 | / |
| Gráb | 92 | 12 | / |
| Grabs | 89 | 1,280 | / |
| Greab | 89 | 552 | / |
| Graeb | 89 | 337 | / |
| Ghrab | 89 | 276 | / |
| Graab | 89 | 135 | / |
| Graib | 89 | 90 | / |
| Graub | 89 | 77 | / |
| Grabp | 89 | 19 | / |
| Grabt | 89 | 4 | / |
| Grayb | 89 | 3 | / |
| Grabz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ghraib | 80 | 220 | / |
| Greabs | 80 | 3 | / |
| Graubh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghrabz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Graubs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Graf | 75 | 146,788 | / |
| Grob | 75 | 13,112 | / |
| Greb | 75 | 7,570 | / |
| Graw | 75 | 3,333 | / |
| Grap | 75 | 1,415 | / |
| Grav | 75 | 649 | / |
| Gröb | 75 | 142 | / |
| Grób | 75 | 100 | / |
| Grabowa | 73 | 220 | / |
| Grabová | 73 | 19 | / |
| Greasbt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Grahieb | 73 | 1 | / |
| Graff | 67 | 33,931 | / |
| Grafe | 67 | 7,232 | / |
| Groub | 67 | 7,173 | / |
| Graaf | 67 | 3,586 | / |
| Grape | 67 | 2,067 | / |
| Graap | 67 | 1,415 | / |
| Graft | 67 | 1,276 | / |
| Greub | 67 | 818 | / |
| Grauf | 67 | 683 | / |
| Grapp | 67 | 554 | / |
| Grova | 67 | 514 | / |
| Greeb | 67 | 376 | / |
| Ghreb | 67 | 248 | / |
| Graif | 67 | 235 | / |
| Greib | 67 | 181 | / |
| Graup | 67 | 153 | / |
| Graps | 67 | 142 | / |
| Greaf | 67 | 71 | / |
| Grobs | 67 | 69 | / |
| Groob | 67 | 52 | / |
| Groeb | 67 | 42 | / |
| Gröbs | 67 | 31 | / |
| Grajf | 67 | 28 | / |
| Grahv | 67 | 27 | / |
| Grauw | 67 | 24 | / |
| Gräbs | 67 | 23 | / |
| Grayf | 67 | 23 | / |
| Gravs | 67 | 16 | / |
| Graep | 67 | 15 | / |
| Grafs | 67 | 14 | / |
| Grahf | 67 | 14 | / |
| Graav | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ghrav | 67 | 12 | / |
| Graph | 67 | 11 | / |
| Graaw | 67 | 7 | / |
| Grosb | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ågrav | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ghraw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Growa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Grasf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Greap | 67 | 4 | / |
| Grapt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ghraf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grasp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ghrob | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gravå | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cgraw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grasv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gratf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greyb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grzaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grreb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grafp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grayw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Greaw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Grawz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Grapf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Graip | 67 | 0 | / |
| Graws | 67 | 0 | / |
| Grahw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Grawf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Grafz | 67 | 0 | / |
Grab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grab in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗବ | gaba | 33.33 |
| ଗାବ୍ | gab | 33.33 |
| ଗାବ | gaba | 33.33 |
| Grab in the Russian language | ||
| Граб | grab | - |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grab
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