Graeff: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Graeff is a branch of the Graf name tree. Taken at its root, Graeff points to “Count”.

How the spelling arose

Graeff is built on the same root as Graf, with the ending -eff. Related forms: Graef, Graff and Graaffe.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Graeff surname had 1,056 bearers. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country. French birth records list 329 children named Graeff between 1891 and 2000.

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