Gravenorst Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gravenorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gravenorst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Australia41:6,748,925181,100

Gravenorst Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gravenorst is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gravenorst.

How Common Is The Last Name Gravenorst? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gravenorst is the 3,602,217th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Gravenorst occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gravenorst live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 2,083,758. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 92 percent reside, Gauteng, where 4 percent reside and Limpopo, where 4 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Gravenorst Last Name Statistics demography

Gravenorst earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.6% less than the national average, earning R 162,540 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gravenhorst95436/
Grabenhorst86710/
Grafenhorst86104/
Grevenhorst862/
Gravenhorse861/
Gravenhurst861/
Grovenhorst860/
Grabenharst761/
Grofenhurst672/
Griffin-Rist551/

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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 Gravenorst
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