Grafenau Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Grafenau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grafenau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria101:851,54467,454
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Grafenau Last Name Facts

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

Grafenau is found in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grafenau? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Grafenau is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Grafenau live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 851,544. In Austria it is most numerous in: Carinthia, where 100 percent live. Aside from Austria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 21 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grafenauová842/
Grafina80127/
Grafana803/
Graffina751/
Grafigna751/
Grefenha751/
Graffenasdt740/
Graffigna711,156/
Grafiniya711/
Graffiona710/
Grafino6774/
Grafiña6730/
Graffino63144/
Graffiña6321/
Groffigna591/
Graffigno590/

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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 Grafenau
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