Markgräfe Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Markgräfe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
The alternate forms: Markgrafe (0) are calculated separately.
Markgräfe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Markgräfe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Markgräfe is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Markgrafe. For other possible spellings of Markgräfe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Markgräfe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Markgräfe reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 2,367,808. In Germany Markgräfe is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 88 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent reside and Bavaria, where 3 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Poland, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markgrafe | 96 | 0 | / |
| Markgraf | 82 | 5,933 | / |
| Markgarf | 82 | 8 | / |
| Markgráf | 82 | 3 | / |
| Markgruf | 82 | 0 | / |
| Margrafe | 82 | 0 | / |
| Markgraaf | 78 | 272 | / |
| Markgraff | 78 | 146 | / |
| Margreife | 78 | 3 | / |
| Marckgraf | 78 | 0 | / |
| Margrif | 75 | 43 | / |
| Margref | 75 | 15 | / |
| Markgraaff | 74 | 1,029 | / |
| Marckgraaf | 74 | 1 | / |
| Margreff | 71 | 21 | / |
| Margkrof | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mark Graaff | 70 | 1 | / |
| Markgraph | 67 | 5 | / |
| Markcraff | 67 | 4 | / |
| Margreatv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murkgraaff | 63 | 1 | / |
| Morgriff | 59 | 0 | / |
| Murg-Graf | 56 | 26 | / |
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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 Markgräfe
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