# Grave (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/grave/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 705 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,599 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 437,937 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.5% (738 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English greyve (“steward”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Grove. * As a French surname, from the noun gravier (“gravel”). * As a north German surname, variant of Graf; also from the Low German noun Graf (“ditch, grave”) (see grave).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Grave in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 27% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Grove, Graf, Garvey, Greve, Graef, Graeff, Grubb, Graff, Garibay, Groff, Grube, Griffey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.