van Graas Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Graas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Graas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1371:123,26419,295
Australia1361:198,49819,506
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Graas Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Graas occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name van Graas is the 945,594th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of van Graas are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 49 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 123,264. In The Netherlands van Graas is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 44 percent are found, North Holland, where 41 percent are found and Utrecht, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 49 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Graat891/
van Grasse841/
van Gray827/
van Groos7875/
von Grap7113/
von Grad7112/
van Grop716/
von Grat715/
von Gray711/
van Grod711/
von Grapp6739/
van Groot6737/
von Gross6728/
von Grohs671/
von Grey598/
von Groß591/
von Grotz561/

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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
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  • 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 Graas
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