Gräffner Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Gräffner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gräffner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Graffner (81) are calculated separately.

Gräffner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gräffner is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Graffner. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gräffner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gräffner is the 3,432,070th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Gräffner live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 993,363. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 47 percent reside, Utrecht, where 41 percent reside and Groningen, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands Gräffner is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 45 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graffner9681/
Gräfner9394/
Groffner8872/
Griffner886/
Greffner883/
Graeffner821/
Grafner8080/
Grefner8019/
Griffne800/
Grifner800/
Greifner7566/
Graefner7517/
Graffney756/
Griffnee751/
Grofne711/
Grifnee6746/
Grifnée6720/
Grefnes674/
Grafney670/
Grifgnee6343/
Graphner630/
Grafné571/
Gryfny571/

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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 Gräffner
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