How common is the surname Gravely?

3,187 people in the United States had the surname Gravely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,877 Americans. It ranked 10,107th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gravely getting more or less common?

More common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,187 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Gravely

A surname, carried by 3,187 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gravely is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Graveley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,187 people named Gravely in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,877 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,050.

#10,107

rank among US surnames

3,187

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,099	Standish	3,189	96,816
#10,103	Genao	3,188	96,846
#10,107	Calabro	3,187	96,877
#10,114	Burman	3,186	96,907

Who is named Gravely

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

63% of people named Gravely identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Black (not Hispanic) 33%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gravely

Gravely has the Soundex code G614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G614.

Questions

Where does the surname Gravely come from?: Variant of Graveley.
How common is the surname Gravely?: 3,187 people in the United States had the surname Gravely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,877 Americans. It ranked 10,107th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gravely?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Gravely identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gravely getting more or less common?: More common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,187 in 2010, up 4.5%.