Gräter Surname
Approximately 1,224 people bear this surname
Gräter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,197 | 1:67,256 | 8,592 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Grater (1,041) are calculated separately.
Gräter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gräter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gräter occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Grater. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gräter? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 308,323rd most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,953,877 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Gräter live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Gräter is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,197 people, or 1 in 67,256. In Germany Gräter is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 81 percent are found, Bavaria, where 8 percent are found and Hesse, where 2 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gräter
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