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
Average Male Grab Height
176.32 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Grab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grab (Oriya: ଗବ, Russian: Граб) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Gräb or Gráb. Click here for further potential spellings of Grab.
How Common Is The Last Name Grab? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 71,852nd most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,061,242 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of Grab are found; 43 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 27 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,484,914th most common given name at a global level, borne by 46 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,383 people, or 1 in 262,082. In The United States it is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 16 percent reside, Maryland, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent reside and Poland, where 18 percent reside.
Grab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Grab has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grab surname expanded 828 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grab Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Grab surname is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Grab surname are 6.29% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 53.06% being 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grab
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