Graefen Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Graefen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Graefen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2111:1,717,815113,709
Germany1641:490,88742,238
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Graefen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Graefen is found most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Graefen? popularity and diffusion

Graefen is the 751,291st most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 19,077,345 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Graefen are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 1,717,815. In The United States Graefen is primarily found in: Illinois, where 73 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Arkansas, where 3 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 43 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Graefen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Graefen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Graefen last name rose 3,517 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Graefen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Graefen are 17.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.71% registered to vote for the party.

Graefen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.97% less than the national average, earning $40,140 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graeffen930/
Grafen92686/
Grefen92440/
Graffen8667/
Greffen8652/
Graafen8640/
Graefin8628/
Griefen8617/
Grafeen862/
Grefeen861/
Greefen860/
Grefn833/
Grafn830/
Graefing8021/
Grieffen800/
Graffien800/
Gräfen77594/
Grafin77136/
Grefin7723/
Greefn771/
Groesfend750/
Graffin712,244/
Greffin711,009/
Groffen71527/
Grephen711/
Graufem711/
Grayfin710/
Graiffin671/
Graffinn670/
Grieffin670/
Groefind670/
Gräfin62132/
Grofin621/
Gräfing5745/
Graphin5711/
Groffin5711/
Grephin574/
Grophen571/
Graiffim531/
Groffinn530/

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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 Graefen
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