How common is the surname Graff?

13,058 people in the United States had the surname Graff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,644 Americans. It ranked 2,762nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Graff?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Graff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Graff?

Todd Graff, American actor, writer and director, followed by Ilene Graff.

Where is the surname Graff most common?

Wikidata records people named Graff in the United States, Italy and Austria–Hungary.

How do you pronounce Graff?

Graff is /ˈɡɹaf/, one syllable.

Is the surname Graff getting more or less common?

More common. 12,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,058 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Graff

A surname, carried by 13,058 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɹaf/ 1 syllable Soundex G610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Graff is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,058 people named Graff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,644 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,601.

#2,762

rank among US surnames

13,058

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,637)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,754	Wiles	13,105	23,559
#2,755	Garibay	13,088	23,590
#2,756	Santillan	13,081	23,603
#2,758	Westfall	13,079	23,606
#2,759	Willey	13,067	23,628
#2,760	Lassiter	13,066	23,630
#2,761	Willett	13,065	23,631

Who is named Graff

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

95% of people named Graff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Graffs

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Todd Graff
American actor, writer and director, born 1959
Ilene Graff
American actress (1949-)
Randy Graff
American actress, born 1955
Patricio Graff
Argentine Footballer, born 1975
Wilton Graff
American actor (1903-1969)
Henry Graff
American historian (1921-2020)
Edward Graff
American rugby union player (1897-1954)
Ludwig von Graff
Austrian zoologist (1851–1924)

Notable Graffs come mostly from the United States (6), Italy (1) and Austria–Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Graff

Graff has the Soundex code G610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G610.

Questions

How common is the surname Graff?: 13,058 people in the United States had the surname Graff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,644 Americans. It ranked 2,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Graff?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Graff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Graff?: Todd Graff, American actor, writer and director, followed by Ilene Graff.
Where is the surname Graff most common?: Wikidata records people named Graff in the United States, Italy and Austria–Hungary.
How do you pronounce Graff?: Graff is /ˈɡɹaf/, one syllable.
Is the surname Graff getting more or less common?: More common. 12,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,058 in 2010, up 3.6%.