Grafter Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Moldova

Grafter Surname Definition:

Of trees?

Grafter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Grafter (6) may also be a first name.

Grafter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Of trees?

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Grafter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grafter (Russian: Графтер) is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Grafter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grafter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Grafter are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 4,967,096th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 6 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: Michigan, where 100 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent are found and Moldova, where 20 percent are found.

Grafter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grafter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grafter last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grafte9215/
Graffte8619/
Graftes860/
Grayfetter820/
Grafftey8012/
Grafty774/
Grafti771/
Grofte771/
Grafta770/
Graftio717/
Gravtte711/
Grafhty711/
Graftay710/
Grewter710/
Growther6713/
Grafthuis6311/
Grofti629/
Grofta620/
Growthe572/
Gravtiz571/
Graswty571/

Grafter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grafter in the Russian language
Графтерgrafter-

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