Graw Surname

134,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Graw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Graw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,2361:36,0044,767
United States7241:500,63442,111
Canada1411:261,31624,674
Poland451:844,63965,213
England451:1,238,17956,985
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Liberia151:293,90216,977
Mauritania111:372,26015,230
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Colombia101:4,777,40717,975
Norway91:571,36544,190
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4391:114,39311,307

Graw (67) may also be a first name.

Graw Last Name Facts

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

Graw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺮﺍﻭ) is found most in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Graw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 134,973rd most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,186,482 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Graw live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe. Graw is also the 1,191,548th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 67 people.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 2,236 people, or 1 in 36,004. In Germany Graw is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Graw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Graw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Graw surname increased 165 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 346 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Graw Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Graw last name is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Graw surname are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.55% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Graw earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 3.75% less than the national average, earning 333,118 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 15.29% more than the national average, earning $26,173,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.23% more than the national average, earning $45,836 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.2% more than the national average, earning $51,274 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grawe892,760/
Grauw8924/
Graaw897/
Ghraw895/
Cgraw892/
Grayw890/
Greaw890/
Grawz890/
Graws890/
Grahw890/
Grawf890/
Graawe8010/
Grauwe805/
Nngraw801/
Grawch801/
Gravws801/
Ncgraw800/
Graf75146,788/
Grow757,483/
Grab756,867/
Grav75649/
Grabowa73220/
Geerawh732/
Graff6733,931/
Grafe677,232/
Graaf673,586/
Graft671,276/
Growe671,156/
Grauf67683/
Greab67552/
Grova67514/
Ghrab67276/
Graif67235/
Graab67135/
Graib6790/
Graub6777/
Greaf6771/
Grouw6742/
Growt6739/
Grajf6728/
Grahv6727/
Grayf6723/
Gravs6716/
Grafs6714/
Grahf6714/
Ghrav6712/
Graav6712/
Graph6711/
Ågrav675/
Growa674/
Grasf674/
Ghraf673/
Gravå673/
Grayb673/
Grafp671/
Growf671/
Greiw671/
Grasv671/
Gratf671/
Grzaf671/
Ghrow671/
Groww670/
Grapf670/
Grafz670/

Graw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Graw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻛﺮﺍﻭakraw-

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Graw Reference & Research

Grau DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Grau FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Graw
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