Gräven Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Gräven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gräven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria761:112,04515,874
Germany491:1,642,96996,430

The alternate forms: Graven (2,732) & Gravèn (1) are calculated separately.

Gräven Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gräven occurs in Austria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Graven or Gravèn. For other potential spellings of Gräven click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gräven? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,612,213th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gräven reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Austria, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 112,045. In Austria Gräven is most numerous in: Vienna, where 78 percent reside and Lower Austria, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Austria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 39 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graven942,732/
Gravèn891/
Greven834,571/
Groven831,742/
Griven8346/
Gréven832/
Greeven77615/
Graveen77220/
Graeven77190/
Graaven7739/
Greaven7739/
Grieven7733/
Groeven7715/
Grevent775/
Grevend771/
Gravien771/
Gravein771/
Greiven771/
Grévent771/
Grevienė71189/
Grevesen7133/
Grishven712/
Gryvienė711/
Greevenk711/
Groyvenn710/
Grevin67646/
Grivin67464/
Gravin67208/
Greivienė67132/
Growen6735/
Grévin6724/
Grovin678/
Grivenova676/
Grevem672/
Grawen670/

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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 Gräven
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