# Graves (surname)

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

An English surname from Middle English derived from Grave.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 84,179 |
| US rank (2010) | 371 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,668 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (82,179 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Graves 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Graves in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Graves

- Peter Graves, American actor (1926-2010)
- Michael Graves, American architect and designer of consumer products (1934-2015)
- Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (1948-2002)
- Corey Graves, American professional wrestler
- Garret Graves, American politician (born 1972)
- Edwin Graves, American rower (1897–1986)
- Carie Graves, American rower (1953–2021)
- Ralph Graves, American screenwriter and actor (1900–1977)
- Laura Graves, American equestrian
- Alex Graves, American film director, television director, television producer and screenwriter
- Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef (1903-1977)
- Morris Graves, American expressionist painter (1910-2001)

and 15 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Groves, Greaves, Grapes, Grubbs, Grabowski, Griffis, Gervais, Garfias, Gervacio, Gervasi, Gurevich, Grubaugh.

## 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.