van der Graaff Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
van der Graaff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 641 | 1:26,345 | 4,290 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van der Graaff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Graaff Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Graaff is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Graaff? popularity and diffusion
The last name van der Graaff is the 499,041st most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,041,736 people. van der Graaff is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of van der Graaff are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 641 people, or 1 in 26,345. In The Netherlands van der Graaff is most common in: South Holland, where 46 percent live, Gelderland, where 10 percent live and North Brabant, where 8 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Graaf | 96 | 5,437 | / |
| van de Graaff | 96 | 322 | / |
| van der Graff | 96 | 6 | / |
| van de Graaf | 92 | 1,690 | / |
| van de Graff | 92 | 53 | / |
| van der Graft | 89 | 105 | / |
| van der Grooff | 86 | 1 | / |
| van de Graft | 85 | 11 | / |
| van der Groft | 81 | 1 | / |
| Van-De-Graaf | 77 | 7 | / |
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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 van der Graaff
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