van der Grift Surname

463,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Grift Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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van der Grift 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
Netherlands7141:23,6523,828
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
England11:55,718,059489,080
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

van der Grift Last Name Facts

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

The surname van der Grift is found most in The Netherlands. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 463,668th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,024,135 people. van der Grift is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Grift live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 714 people, or 1 in 23,652. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 46 percent are found, Gelderland, where 21 percent are found and North Holland, where 9 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands van der Grift exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

van der Grift Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of van der Grift has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the van der Grift last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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 de Grift96283/
van der Greft92219/
van der Griff922/
van der Grivt921/
van de Grif920/
van de Griff880/
van de Greft880/
van de Grife880/
van der Greef8590/
van de Griffe850/
van de Greef8020/
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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 Grift
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