Grabbe Surname

174,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grabbe Surname User-submission:

A digger of graves or ditches, or an engraver of seals.

Grabbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,6201:49,6956,483
United States6211:583,67047,738
Sweden811:121,5658,649
Australia511:529,32739,816
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England101:5,571,806158,774
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:687,92744,660

Grabbe Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A digger of graves or ditches, or an engraver of seals.

- itstricky

Grabbe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Grabbe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Grabbe (Russian: Граббе) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Grabbe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grabbe? popularity and diffusion

Grabbe is the 174,524th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,964,827 people. The last name Grabbe is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Grabbe live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Grabbe is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 1,620 people, or 1 in 49,695. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 54 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Sweden, where 3 percent reside.

Grabbe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grabbe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grabbe surname increased 851 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 143 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grabbe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Grabbe surname are 17.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.21% being registered with the party.

The amount Grabbe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.69% less than the national average, earning 271,017 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 96.49% less than the national average, earning R 8,340 per year; in United States they earn 17.46% more than the national average, earning $50,682 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.65% less than the national average, earning $36,939 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grabber92268/
Grabbet9245/
Grabbie921/
Grabbee920/
Grobbe83439/
Grabbi8380/
Grebbe8364/
Grabby835/
Grabue830/
Grabba830/
Grobbee7798/
Grabbit7713/
Groebbe776/
Grabbio773/
Grobbée771/
Greabby771/
Ghrabba771/
Grobber770/
Grebbie770/
Grabbitt7134/
Grebby67212/
Grobba6739/
Grobby678/
Gravue676/
Grapue675/
Grobbé671/
Grabva671/
Gravuer6235/
Groebbé6225/
Grafues628/
Grobbis620/
Grouboue571/
Grosbouer530/
Grovue5033/

Grabbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grabbe in the Russian language
Граббеgrabbe-

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