Gräf Surname

54,635th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gräf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gräf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8,9621:8,9831,112
Austria2271:37,5136,059
Switzerland581:141,60213,683
Sweden331:298,38720,789
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
England21:27,859,030389,889
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Gräf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gräf is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gräf.

How Common Is The Last Name Gräf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 54,635th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 782,429 people. The surname Gräf is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gräf live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 8,962 people, or 1 in 8,983. In Germany Gräf is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 24 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gräfe897,447/
Gräff891,948/
Gräfs895/
Gräffe801/
Gref751,658/
Gräb75641/
Grif75524/
Gryf7588/
Gröf7571/
Gräv752/
Gräfová732/
Greif679,061/
Graef676,475/
Greff674,614/
Greef672,055/
Grefe671,933/
Grief671,499/
Griff671,344/
Grift67771/
Grife67419/
Graif67235/
Greaf6771/
Gryfe6768/
Greyf6748/
Greft6738/
Grajf6728/
Grayf6723/
Gryff6719/
Groef6714/
Ngref679/
Gröff673/
Gretf672/
Ghrif671/
Gräffová671/
Grisf671/
Gresf671/
Gritf671/
Gruyf671/
Gryft670/

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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
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  • 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 Gräf
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