Graças Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Graças Surname User-submission:
From the latin, gratia, that derives from, gratus, meaning 'grateful', 'grace'.
Graças Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 163 | 1:1,313,339 | 44,864 |
| Netherlands | 104 | 1:162,377 | 23,863 |
| Belgium | 62 | 1:185,430 | 24,739 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Luxembourg | 22 | 1:26,388 | 4,799 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Gracas (869) are calculated separately.
Graças (31) may also be a first name.
Graças Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
From the latin, gratia, that derives from, gratus, meaning 'grateful', 'grace'.
- MariGraças Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Graças Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Graças is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Gracas. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Graças? popularity and diffusion
Graças is the 620,716th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,722,315 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Graças are found; 39 percent are found in Western Europe and 33 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 31 people.
It is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 1,313,339. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 34 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 25 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent reside. Barring Brazil it occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 21 percent reside and Belgium, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gracas | 94 | 869 | / |
| Graça | 91 | 36,694 | / |
| Grasas | 83 | 84 | / |
| Graçaj | 83 | 7 | / |
| Grazas | 83 | 3 | / |
| Graçça | 83 | 1 | / |
| Graasa | 83 | 0 | / |
| Gracias | 77 | 7,381 | / |
| Grauzas | 77 | 31 | / |
| Gratsas | 77 | 26 | / |
| Grasias | 77 | 20 | / |
| Grosaas | 77 | 7 | / |
| Grasaas | 77 | 7 | / |
| Grassas | 77 | 6 | / |
| Grajcas | 77 | 2 | / |
| Graisas | 77 | 2 | / |
| Graceas | 77 | 2 | / |
| Grasass | 77 | 0 | / |
| Grasa | 73 | 1,764 | / |
| Graza | 73 | 1,545 | / |
| Graša | 73 | 108 | / |
| Graso | 73 | 89 | / |
| Graço | 73 | 3 | / |
| Graxa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grasă | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grasà | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gratsias | 71 | 474 | / |
| Grashaus | 71 | 14 | / |
| Grajcasz | 71 | 6 | / |
| Grossaas | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gratseas | 71 | 4 | / |
| Grassash | 71 | 2 | / |
| Graciass | 71 | 1 | / |
| Graciasz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Graciase | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gracia | 67 | 86,809 | / |
| Grasso | 67 | 67,117 | / |
| Grauso | 67 | 1,387 | / |
| Grazza | 67 | 1,360 | / |
| Grassa | 67 | 1,207 | / |
| Grasza | 67 | 598 | / |
| Grasha | 67 | 193 | / |
| Grasia | 67 | 106 | / |
| Grazai | 67 | 76 | / |
| Gracea | 67 | 64 | / |
| Grajza | 67 | 43 | / |
| Graysa | 67 | 42 | / |
| Graßau | 67 | 17 | / |
| Grasho | 67 | 16 | / |
| Grasos | 67 | 15 | / |
| Grausa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Graßat | 67 | 12 | / |
| Grasio | 67 | 12 | / |
| Grosas | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gratsa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Grauza | 67 | 9 | / |
| Graisa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gracha | 67 | 6 | / |
| Grasou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Graiza | 67 | 5 | / |
| Grazos | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ghraza | 67 | 4 | / |
| Grasey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Graychase | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gratso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grasoc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grasop | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grozas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gracos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grasac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grasjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grazah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grocas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghrasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grasei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grasot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grauçá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greaso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grayso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Graxso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grasea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grasay | 67 | 0 | / |
| Grasshaus | 67 | 0 | / |
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