How common is the surname Graeber?

1,321 people in the United States had the surname Graeber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. It ranked 20,183rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Graeber?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Graeber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Graeber?

David Graeber, American anthropologist and anarchist (1961-2020).

Where is the surname Graeber most common?

Wikidata records people named Graeber in the United States.

Is the surname Graeber getting more or less common?

More common. 1,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,321 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Graeber

A surname, carried by 1,321 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Graeber is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,321 people named Graeber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,295.

#20,183

rank among US surnames

1,321

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #19,355)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,183	Cusano	1,321	233,721
#20,192	Ruppe	1,320	233,898

Who is named Graeber

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Graeber identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Graebers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Graeber
American anthropologist and anarchist (1961-2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Graeber

Graeber has the Soundex code G616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G616.

Questions

How common is the surname Graeber?: 1,321 people in the United States had the surname Graeber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. It ranked 20,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Graeber?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Graeber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Graeber?: David Graeber, American anthropologist and anarchist (1961-2020).
Where is the surname Graeber most common?: Wikidata records people named Graeber in the United States.
Is the surname Graeber getting more or less common?: More common. 1,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,321 in 2010, up 2.0%.