Gräff Surname
Approximately 1,948 people bear this surname
Gräff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,762 | 1:45,690 | 5,995 |
| Austria | 69 | 1:123,412 | 17,157 |
| Hungary | 54 | 1:181,783 | 15,754 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Gräff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gräff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gräff is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gräff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 211,639th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,741,040 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gräff reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,762 people, or 1 in 45,690. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 48 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 4 percent are found and Hungary, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gräffe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gräf | 89 | 9,314 | / |
| Gräfe | 80 | 7,447 | / |
| Greff | 80 | 4,614 | / |
| Griff | 80 | 1,344 | / |
| Gryff | 80 | 19 | / |
| Gräfs | 80 | 5 | / |
| Gröff | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gräffová | 77 | 1 | / |
| Greeff | 73 | 11,904 | / |
| Graeff | 73 | 5,491 | / |
| Greiff | 73 | 1,910 | / |
| Greffe | 73 | 1,088 | / |
| Griffe | 73 | 889 | / |
| Graiff | 73 | 602 | / |
| Grieff | 73 | 509 | / |
| Groeff | 73 | 99 | / |
| Griffs | 73 | 54 | / |
| Greaff | 73 | 44 | / |
| Grijff | 73 | 16 | / |
| Grefft | 73 | 9 | / |
| Greyff | 73 | 8 | / |
| Grifft | 73 | 6 | / |
| Groiff | 73 | 4 | / |
| Grioff | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gretff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gref | 67 | 1,658 | / |
| Gräb | 67 | 641 | / |
| Grif | 67 | 524 | / |
| Gryf | 67 | 88 | / |
| Gröf | 67 | 71 | / |
| Greiffe | 67 | 18 | / |
| Gräfová | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gräv | 67 | 2 | / |
| Griffph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Griff's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Graiffs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greaffe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Graiffe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Gräff
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