Gravers Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Gravers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gravers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1111:18,4692,763
Denmark391:144,73612,759
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Gravers (30) may also be a first name.

Gravers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gravers (Russian: Граверс) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gravers? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gravers is the 1,194,481st most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Gravers are found; 76 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in Baltic Europe. Gravers is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 30 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 18,469. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Latgale, where 96 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 2 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Latvia this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 20 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 17 percent are found.

Gravers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gravers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gravers surname rose 333 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gravers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Gravers earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 78.45% more than the national average, earning $77,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graviers932/
Greavers930/
Grevers86588/
Grovers86320/
Grabers864/
Gravors861/
Gravirs860/
Greevers8038/
Greuvers8010/
Grover's801/
Grauwers801/
Gräwers7125/
Grewers7111/
Growers717/
Grobers711/
Grouwers6727/
Greibers672/

Gravers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gravers in the Russian language
Граверсgravers-

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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 Gravers
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