Graford Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Graford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Graford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Graford (13) may also be a first name.

Graford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Graford is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Graford click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Graford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Graford occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Graford live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 13 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Graford is primarily found in: Alabama, where 50 percent reside and Texas, where 50 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nicaragua, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 25 percent reside.

Graford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Graford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Graford surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Graford
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