Graefer Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Canada

Graefer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Graefer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany671:1,201,57478,034
Canada381:969,62173,252
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Graefer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Graefer occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Graefer? popularity and diffusion

Graefer is the 1,710,039th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Graefer live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 1,201,574. In Germany Graefer is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent are found, Bavaria, where 3 percent are found and Berlin, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Germany Graefer is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 33 percent are found and Italy, where 4 percent are found.

Graefer Last Name Statistics demography

Graefer earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 5.39% less than the national average, earning $47,003 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graeffer930/
Grefer92444/
Grafer92185/
Graeffert880/
Greifer86151/
Graffer86142/
Grayfer86130/
Griefer8667/
Graifer8655/
Greffer8650/
Grefier861/
Grafher861/
Greafer860/
Groefer860/
Greffier801,656/
Greiffer8022/
Greifert809/
Groepfer802/
Graffeur801/
Grafherr801/
Grieffer801/
Gräfer77147/
Grofer7743/
Grafjr771/
Grafir770/
Grapher7147/
Graffér712/
Groffer712/
Grepher710/
Groffier6771/
Ghraifir671/
Graypher671/
Griffear671/
Grouffier6324/
Groihofer6316/
Gropher573/
Grophear536/

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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 Graefer
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