Gräb Surname
Approximately 641 people bear this surname
Gräb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 640 | 1:125,790 | 15,361 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Grab (6,867) are calculated separately.
Gräb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gräb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gräb is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Grab. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gräb? popularity and diffusion
Gräb is the 510,276th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 11,369,026 people. The surname Gräb occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gräb live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 640 people, or 1 in 125,790. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 45 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent live and Bavaria, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grab | 92 | 6,867 | / |
| Gräbs | 89 | 23 | / |
| Grob | 75 | 13,112 | / |
| Grib | 75 | 11,814 | / |
| Gräf | 75 | 9,314 | / |
| Greb | 75 | 7,570 | / |
| Gryb | 75 | 171 | / |
| Gröb | 75 | 142 | / |
| Gríb | 75 | 5 | / |
| Gräv | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gräbsch | 73 | 42 | / |
| Grzyb | 67 | 15,743 | / |
| Gräfe | 67 | 7,447 | / |
| Ghrib | 67 | 5,387 | / |
| Grieb | 67 | 4,792 | / |
| Gräff | 67 | 1,948 | / |
| Greub | 67 | 818 | / |
| Greab | 67 | 552 | / |
| Greeb | 67 | 376 | / |
| Graeb | 67 | 337 | / |
| Ghrab | 67 | 276 | / |
| Ghreb | 67 | 248 | / |
| Greib | 67 | 181 | / |
| Ghryb | 67 | 154 | / |
| Graab | 67 | 135 | / |
| Grzib | 67 | 94 | / |
| Graib | 67 | 90 | / |
| Grebs | 67 | 75 | / |
| Gribs | 67 | 70 | / |
| Groeb | 67 | 42 | / |
| Gröbs | 67 | 31 | / |
| Grzeb | 67 | 26 | / |
| Grabp | 67 | 19 | / |
| Grybś | 67 | 15 | / |
| Grybė | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gräfs | 67 | 5 | / |
| Grybs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ghrob | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grayb | 67 | 3 | / |
| Greyb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grreb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gribė | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grebd | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gräb
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