Graef is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Graef
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

A variant of Groff. The coarse or boorish man.

Family name Graef is variant form of Graff. The earl or count; overseer in a lord's establishment.

The variation of Graaf. The count.

How popular is Graef?

Graef is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Argentina, France, Austria.

Graef is ranked 75778 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Graefs plummeted by 6.24 per cent to 1293 since 2000 and slipped by 2028 spots and ranked at 20512. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.9 96.59
Others 1.86 1.09
Hispanic or Latino 1.7 1.38
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.85 0.58
Graef is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while United States Virgin Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 6474 people have been found who wears Graef as their family name. Graef is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Graef:
3,782 Germany2,801
17,091 United States2,146
Countries with hundreds of Graef:
21,586 Brazil370
9,810 Argentina368
39,145 France262
12,076 Austria106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,957 Netherlands98
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,901 Switzerland47
41,269 Romania36
66,012 England36
83,867 Canada32
55,860 Australia29
8,707 Ireland21
115,449 South Africa17
38,962 Mexico13
15,850 Wales11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
36,734 Denmark9
87,318 Belgium9
21,724 Scotland9
10,125 China7
512,203 Thailand7
249,062 Philippines6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Barbara Graef hailed from Baden. 4 years old embarked for New York from Havre on Connecticut and arrived on July 1, 1850. Carl Graef, aged 32, Margaretha Graef, 31 years old Michael Graef, Peter Graef, aged 56, Albert Graef, aged 40, Eduard Graef (42) Farmer, Elmerich Graef, aged 23, Charles Graef, aged 22, and 178 other Graef around 38.74% of whom were farmer while others worked as carpenter and painter, merchant, laborer, servant, joiner, brewer, tourist, mason, salon keeper, baker, cigar maker migrated to US.

Graef Namesakes

  • Roger Graef, theatre director and filmmaker
  • Maurice Graef, He made his professional debut

Graef Namesakes

  • Roger Graef, theatre director and filmmaker
  • Maurice Graef, He made his professional debut

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