How common is the surname Grave?

705 people in the United States had the surname Grave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 437,937 Americans. It ranked 32,599th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grave?

In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Grave identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Grave getting more or less common?

Less common. 738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 705 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Grave

An English occupational surname, carried by 705 people in the United States.

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). Grave is more common than 79.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

* 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).

Grave is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 705 people named Grave in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 437,937 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 738.

#32,599

rank among US surnames

705

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #30,003)

Who is named Grave

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

61% of people named Grave identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grave

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Grave come from?: * 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).
How common is the surname Grave?: 705 people in the United States had the surname Grave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 437,937 Americans. It ranked 32,599th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grave?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Grave identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Grave?: Grave is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Grave getting more or less common?: Less common. 738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 705 in 2010, down 4.5%.