Gracious Surname

609,992nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 507 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Botswana

Gracious Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gracious Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2781:2,759,22885,175
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
Kenya151:3,078,66038,128
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Gracious (26,874) may also be a first name.

Gracious Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gracious is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gracious? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 609,992nd most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 14,373,858 people. The surname Gracious occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Gracious are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 30,308th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 26,874 people.

Gracious is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 278 people, or 1 in 2,759,228. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 73 percent are found, Kerala, where 23 percent are found and Goa, where 3 percent are found. Other than India this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 21 percent are found and Botswana, where 10 percent are found.

Gracious Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Gracious surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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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  • 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 Gracious
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