The Graf surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 13,558 people carried this name — #2,445 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
12,971 people named Graf live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
1,184 people named Graf have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,416 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 680 people named Graf.
160 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 54 people named Graf live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Graf,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Graf 1714–1787 · politician -
Friedrich Hartmann Graf 1727–1795 · composer -
Conrad Graf 1782–1851 · piano maker -
Arturo Graf 1848–1913 · writer -
Emma Graf 1865–1926 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 177 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Graf.
- Grad 727 · U.S. census
- Gradel 396 · U.S. census
- Grados 250 · U.S. census
- Gradwohl 293 · U.S. census
- Graef 1,379 · U.S. census
- Graeff 1,068 · U.S. census
- Graff 12,601 · U.S. census
- Graffin 184 · U.S. census
- Gragnani 158 · U.S. census
- Graham 194,074 · U.S. census
- Grail 119 · U.S. census
- Grain 172 · U.S. census
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