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    The surname Graver

    A surname, carried by 2,460 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G616

    Graver: #12,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Graver #12,584, 2,460 people Graver: #12,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Graver #12,584, 2,460 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Graver is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,460 people named Graver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,506 Americans. That is down 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,608.

    #12,584
    rank among US surnames
    2,460
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #11,158)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,576Hollman2,462125,404
    #12,581Storch2,461125,455
    #12,584Graver2,460125,506
    #12,587Leu2,459125,557
    #12,593Roesler2,458125,608

    Who is named Graver

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

    90% of people named Graver identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Graver

    Graver has the Soundex code G616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G616.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Graver?
    2,460 people in the United States had the surname Graver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,506 Americans. It ranked 12,584th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Graver?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Graver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Graver getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,460 in 2010, down 5.7%.