Margraves Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Margraves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Margraves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1801:2,013,661129,138
England81:6,964,757184,742
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Margraves Last Name Facts

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

The last name Margraves is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Margraves.

How Common Is The Last Name Margraves? popularity and diffusion

Margraves is the 1,189,614th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname Margraves occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Margraves are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 2,013,661. In The United States it is most numerous in: Michigan, where 14 percent live, Texas, where 6 percent live and North Carolina, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.

Margraves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Margraves has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Margraves surname rose 462 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 38 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Margraves Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Margraves last name are 6.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.94% registered with the party.

Margraves earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.47% less than the national average, earning $39,496 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Margreaves9515/
Margrave94853/
Margravie891/
Margreave891/
Margroves890/
Morgraves890/
Margrove8266/
Margrabe8266/
Morgrave820/
Morgrove711/
Moorgrove673/
Mourgrabi561/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Margraves
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