van der Graff Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

van der Graff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Graff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van der Graff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van der Graff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name van der Graff occurs most in Australia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Graff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. van der Graff is mostly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of van der Graff live; 67 percent live in Australasia and 67 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most commonly used in Australia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 6,748,925. In Australia van der Graff is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Australia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Graaff96660/
van de Graff9653/
van der Graaf925,437/
van de Graaff92322/
van der Graft92105/
van der Grooff891/
van de Graaf881,690/
van de Graft8811/
van der Groft851/
Van-De-Graaf727/

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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 Graff
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