Grasten Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Grasten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grasten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Grasten (128) may also be a first name.

Grasten Last Name Facts

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

Grasten occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grasten? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,295,379th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Grasten are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 821,896th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 128 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graasten9321/
Grastien9315/
Gradsten935/
Graten9219/
Graustien881/
Gratien86976/
Gratten86142/
Grathen86129/
Grauten8667/
Grastin8614/
Graaten8613/
Grosten866/
Gratuen862/
Grayten860/
Gratn831/
Grachten8097/
Graythen8021/
Graustin8011/
Graathen809/
Grostien801/
Gradtien801/
Grostaen800/
Groten771,268/
Gratin7724/
Gratem779/
Gratne776/
Greatn771/
Grattn771/
Graustina759/
Greestien753/
Ghrastina751/
Groustien750/
Gration715,853/
Grooten711,477/
Grothen71270/
Greiten71226/
Grouten7135/
Grodten7115/
Grotten7113/
Grattin713/
Grostin712/
Grostem711/
Grotent711/
Gratina711/
Greyten710/
Grautin710/
Grating710/
Grauting6766/
Grothenn6730/
Grotehen6712/
Grostina678/
Gratting674/
Greating672/
Graytion671/
Gratnova671/
Grotn671/
Greatyng670/
Greithen670/
Grotheen670/

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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 Grasten
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