Grave is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England, Netherlands. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Grave
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, France, England, Netherlands
Meaning:

Is the variant form of Graves. See Grave - 1. A northern pronounciation of Grove. 2. A bailiff or reeve. 3. A cave. 4. A personal name, whence Graves and Graveson.

Grave is a form of Graves. Descendant of the grave, a minor official appointed by the lord of the manorto supervise his tenants' work; dweller in, or near, a grove.

1. A northern pronounciation of Grove. 2. A bailiff or reeve. 3. A cave. 4. A personal name, whence Graves and Graveson.

Family name Grave is variant form of the Greive. See Grieve - Anglo-Saxon gerefa, præses, like the German graf. In Scotland the manager of a farm, or superintendent of any work a reeve. It has been variously corrupted to Greive, Greaves, Greeves, etc.

How popular is Grave?

Grave is common in Guatemala, France, Germany, Portugal, Brazil, United States, Mexico, Philippines, Netherlands, England, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Canada, Russia, Latvia.

Grave is ranked 28878 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Graves plummeted by 4.47 per cent to 705 since 2000 and slipped by 2596 spots and ranked at 32599. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 60.99 75.07
Hispanic or Latino 26.67 12.74
Black 9.5 8.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.13 0.68
Grave is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Guatemala which signifies that it is originated from Guatemala. Around 18610 people have been found who wears Grave as their family name. Grave is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Grave:
386 Guatemala6,855
2,882 France2,730
5,285 Germany2,011
815 Portugal1,123
8,011 Brazil1,029
Countries with hundreds of Grave:
34,624 United States918
4,452 Mexico895
27,735 Philippines594
5,646 Netherlands499
14,419 England369
14,365 Australia204
3,342 Denmark175
4,447 Norway161
26,993 Canada127
85,907 Russia124
2,738 Latvia112
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,958 Argentina75
9,897 New Zealand70
25,371 Belgium60
11,770 Sweden58
8,885 Ecuador55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,048 Israel41
179,945 Indonesia40
11,471 Dominican Republic31
84,236 South Africa31
9,235 Estonia27
93,058 Italy26
59,996 Spain18
6,464 Cuba12
62,255 Belarus12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
426,148 Thailand10
2,922 Iceland9
63,315 Switzerland8
25,488 Scotland7
25,178 Afghanistan6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Mary Grave from Scotland aboard the Arrick from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 20 years old when she arrived in USA on March 31, 1849. 16 years old John Grave, Simon Grave (24) Workman, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Theodor Grave worked as saddler and hailed from Hanover. 31 years old embarked for New York from Bremen on Hudson and arrived on November 19, 1852. 26 years old Johan Grave, Wilh. Grave, aged 22, 17 years old Ann-Mary Grave, Anna-Maria Grave (35), Christoph Grave, aged 10, Clara Grave, aged 7, Heinrich Grave (12), 30 years old Heinrich Grave, and 88 other Grave around 32.31% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and laborer, mechanic, clerk, joiner, brewer migrated to US from Hamburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven.

Grave Namesakes

  • Jean Grave, important activist
  • Ivan Grave, Russian and Soviet scientist
  • Jan Rune Grave, Norwegian nordic combined skier
  • Jørgen Grave, Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party
  • Dmitry Grave, Russian and Soviet mathematician
  • 45 Grave, American deathrock and punk rock band
  • Unholy Grave, Japanese grindcore band that

Grave Namesakes

  • Jean Grave, important activist
  • Ivan Grave, Russian and Soviet scientist
  • Jan Rune Grave, Norwegian nordic combined skier
  • Jørgen Grave, Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party
  • Dmitry Grave, Russian and Soviet mathematician
  • 45 Grave, American deathrock and punk rock band
  • Unholy Grave, Japanese grindcore band that

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