van Graaf Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Graaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Graaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535

van Graaf Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Graaf has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van Graaf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. van Graaf occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of van Graaf reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 2,462,623. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Northern Cape, where 95 percent live and Free State, where 5 percent live. Aside from South Africa it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 12 percent live.

van Graaf Last Name Statistics demography

van Graaf earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.55% more than the national average, earning R 248,448 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Graaff9552/
van Graft8917/
von Graf824/
von Graff786/
van Groff780/
van Greiff742/
von Graffe740/
van Grow711/
van Grouw67115/
von Greiff6315/
Van-Grouw561/

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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 Graaf
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