The Graef surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,293 people carried this name — #20,512 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is down 6% from 1,379 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Graef surname
From the Dutch and north German surname, from graaf (“count”), similar to Graf.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Graef» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 372 people named Graef live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Graef.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Graef live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Graef.
- Gracias 398 · U.S. census
- Graczyk 1,509 · U.S. census
- Grad 735 · U.S. census
- Gradel 317 · U.S. census
- Grados 381 · U.S. census
- Gradwohl 308 · U.S. census
- Graeff 1,056 · U.S. census
- Graf 13,301 · U.S. census
- Graff 13,058 · U.S. census
- Graffin 182 · U.S. census
- Gragnani 152 · U.S. census
- Graham 201,159 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Graef is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.