Graff Surname

16,372nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,931 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Graff Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Earl, Count [Ger. graf, O.H. Ger. grâv(i)o; cogn. with Old English geréfa, a reeve]

Graff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,4481:19,6482,472
France3,7681:17,6281,950
Germany2,7871:28,8863,801
Brazil2,1361:100,2223,768
Argentina2,0091:21,2761,776
Canada1,1761:31,3314,082
Denmark5531:10,207958
Norway4101:12,5421,429
Poland3661:103,84915,791
Russia3051:472,53544,091
Belgium2531:45,4417,375
England2371:235,09719,437
Sweden2341:42,0803,338
Mexico2161:574,6589,728
Switzerland1451:56,6417,220
Australia1211:223,10521,260
Austria1061:80,33412,076
Netherlands1041:162,37723,863
Venezuela731:413,7548,457
South Africa711:763,06652,802
Spain551:850,03734,138
Kazakhstan371:477,90535,586
Colombia321:1,492,94010,821
Chile251:704,65916,160
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
India181:42,614,743461,117
Wales171:182,03112,022
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Hungary111:892,38945,166
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Luxembourg81:72,5686,124
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Burkina Faso51:3,670,42019,318
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
China31:455,773,85521,925
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England651:375,00623,176
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,7251:13,4821,734

The alternate forms: Gráff (20) are calculated separately.

Graff (256) may also be a first name.

Graff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Earl, Count [Ger. graf, O.H. Ger. grâv(i)o; cogn. with Old English geréfa, a reeve]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) The earl or count; overseer in a lord's establishment.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Graff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Graff (Russian: Графф) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Gráff. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Graff? popularity and diffusion

Graff is the 16,372nd most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 214,775 people. The last name Graff is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Graff live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. Graff is also the 556,659th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 256 people.

Graff is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 18,448 people, or 1 in 19,648. In The United States Graff is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 7 percent are found and Illinois, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 84 countries. It is also common in France, where 11 percent are found and Germany, where 8 percent are found.

Graff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Graff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Graff surname grew 495 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 365 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 850 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Graff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Jewish (83%) in Ireland and Orthodox (95%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Graff surname are 15.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.69% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Graff earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.35% more than the national average, earning 406,137 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 196.29% more than the national average, earning R 704,088 per year; in Colombia they earn 24.19% less than the national average, earning $17,210,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.1% more than the national average, earning $47,507 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.14% more than the national average, earning $50,745 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gráff9320/
Graaff912,680/
Graffe912,389/
Graiff91602/
Grafft91317/
Grauff9144/
Greaff9144/
Graffs912/
Grahff911/
Graëff911/
Ghraff911/
Graf89146,788/
Graaffe8311/
Graffhe831/
Graiffs831/
Greaffe830/
Graiffe830/
Groff8016,549/
Grafe807,232/
Graaf803,586/
Graft801,276/
Grauf80683/
Graif80235/
Greaf8071/
Grajf8028/
Grayf8023/
Grafs8014/
Grahf8014/
Gróff804/
Grasf804/
Ghraf803/
Grzaf801/
Gratf801/
Grafp801/
Grapf800/
Grawf800/
Grafz800/
Graffová7714/
Graffova771/
Greiff731,910/
Groffe73151/
Grooff7387/
Grouff7320/
Greyff738/
Groiff734/
Greafe733/
Graife731/
Grofft731/
Grayfe731/
Graftt731/
Graafe730/
Grafth730/
Grab676,867/
Graw673,333/
Grafova672,921/
Gróf672,269/
Grof671,441/
Gráf67668/
Grav67649/
Grafová67192/
Greiffe6718/
D'Groff6714/
D'Graaf675/
Gròf671/

Graff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Graff in the Russian language
Граффgraff-

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