van Graaff Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
van Graaff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
van Graaff Demographics
Average van Graaff Salary in
South Africa
R 232,932
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
van Graaff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Graaff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Graaff is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Graaff? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of van Graaff live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 1,062,308. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 47 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 39 percent are found and Limpopo, where 14 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found.
van Graaff Last Name Statistics demography
van Graaff earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.98% less than the national average, earning R 232,932 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Graaf | 95 | 25 | / |
| van Graft | 84 | 17 | / |
| von Graff | 84 | 6 | / |
| van Groff | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Greiff | 80 | 2 | / |
| von Graffe | 80 | 0 | / |
| von Graf | 78 | 4 | / |
| von Greiff | 70 | 15 | / |
| van Grow | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Grouw | 63 | 115 | / |
| Van-Grouw | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Graaff
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