# Hargrave (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,037 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,989 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,875 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (6,930 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hardgrave |

## Etymology

Habitational surname, from Old English hār (“grey”) or hara (“hare”) + graf (“grove”) or grǣfe (“thicket”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hargrave 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hargrave in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hargrave

- Lawrence Hargrave, Australian engineer and inventor (1850–1915)
- Sam Hargrave, American stunt performer, actor and director
- Javon Hargrave, American football player (born 1993)

## Similar surnames

Hargrove, Harker, Hargraves, Harger, Hargreaves, Harcourt.

## 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.