Grabež Surname

468,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 717 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Grabež Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grabež Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina3661:9,6621,952
Serbia3201:22,3282,533
Croatia221:192,20923,417
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519

The alternate forms: Grabez (27) are calculated separately.

Grabež Last Name Facts

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

Grabež is borne by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Grabez. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grabež? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 468,873rd most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 10,163,941 people. Grabež is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Grabež reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 9,662. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Grabež is most frequent in: Republika Srpska, where 85 percent are found, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 15 percent are found and Brčko District, where 0 percent are found. Beside Bosnia and Herzegovina it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 45 percent are found and Croatia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grabez9427/
Grabec83201/
Grabes8380/
Grabej831/
Grabežová801/
Grabecz7793/
Greabes775/
Grabech771/
Grabeusz7161/
Graabech718/
Grabierz716/
Graves67127,591/
Gravez67864/
Grabis67432/
Grobes67169/
Grabic67119/
Grabys67113/
Grawez6772/
Grabiś6725/
Graběc6710/
Grabezova673/
Gravec672/
Grobec672/
Grabič671/
Grawes671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Grabež
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