Graffner Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Graffner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Graffner Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden321:307,71121,451
Greece141:791,41484,075
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
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The alternate forms: Gräffner (33) are calculated separately.

Graffner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Graffner occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Gräffner. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Graffner? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,091,648th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Graffner live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 307,711. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 31 percent live, Halland County, where 16 percent live and Västra Götaland County, where 16 percent live. Barring Sweden this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 17 percent live and Argentina, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gräffner9633/
Graeffner941/
Grafner9380/
Groffner8872/
Grafnetr8822/
Graefner8817/
Graffney886/
Greffner883/
Graufner880/
Gräfner8094/
Grefner8019/
Grafney800/
Greifner7566/
Graphner750/
Grafné711/
Grofne711/
Gráfne711/
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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 Graffner
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