Gräve Surname

493,936th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 669 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gräve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gräve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6531:123,28615,067
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Grave (18,607), Gravé (48) & Gravè (1) are calculated separately.

Gräve Last Name Facts

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

Gräve occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Grave, Gravé or Gravè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gräve? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 493,936th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 10,893,193 people. The surname Gräve occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gräve are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 653 people, or 1 in 123,286. In Germany Gräve is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grave9318,607/
Gräver9112/
Gravé8748/
Gravè871/
Grove8045,138/
Greve8018,514/
Gräwe80993/
Gräbe80984/
Grive80230/
Grève8012/
Grēve802/
Grieve7316,541/
Grivet731,572/
Greive731,090/
Graeve731,088/
Greeve73952/
Grever73885/
Greves73675/
Grevet73633/
Gravey73448/
Grivei73378/
Grives73250/
Grevey73166/
Griver73140/
Gräwer7383/
Gröver7382/
Greave7377/
Grivea7376/
Grovey7363/
Graave7356/
Graive7334/
Grivey7328/
Gravee7326/
Grivej7325/
Gresve7324/
Gravie7323/
Grevez7312/
Grevie739/
Graveh734/
Grayve734/
Gravea734/
Groeve732/
Grevei732/
Grovie732/
Grivee731/
Grovea731/
Grevea731/
Ghrave731/
Graëve731/
Greuve731/
Grivez731/
Gräuer731/
Grêves731/
Griove730/
Gruive730/
Grevee730/
Greaves6736,229/
Greeves671,867/
Greaver67841/
Greever67749/
Greives67196/
Griveas67150/
Grevett67124/
Graiver6794/
Grayver6757/
Greevey6752/
Greiver6751/
Grivett6745/
Grettve6743/
Greavey6722/
Greyver6712/
Gretved676/
Grayves676/
Grivetz676/
Hggreve674/
Graives673/
Grevets672/
Greavea672/
Grivets672/
Gruiver671/
Grňovej671/
D'Grave671/
Greisve670/
Grievie670/
Griviea670/

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gräve
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