Grave Surname
Approximately 18,607 people bear this surname
Grave Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the greave' or 'greaves.' For variants and many instances, v. Grave and Graver. Equivalent to Grove, which see. Originally a glade or lane cut through the trees in the forest; from English verb grave, to cut; Anglo-Saxon graf, a grove.
Read More About This SurnameGrave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 6,855 | 1:2,346 | 386 |
| France | 2,730 | 1:24,331 | 2,882 |
| Germany | 2,011 | 1:40,033 | 5,285 |
| Portugal | 1,123 | 1:9,277 | 815 |
| Brazil | 1,029 | 1:208,041 | 8,008 |
| United States | 918 | 1:394,835 | 34,638 |
| Mexico | 895 | 1:138,688 | 4,452 |
| Philippines | 594 | 1:170,435 | 27,735 |
| Netherlands | 499 | 1:33,842 | 5,646 |
| England | 369 | 1:150,997 | 14,419 |
| Australia | 204 | 1:132,332 | 14,365 |
| Denmark | 175 | 1:32,256 | 3,342 |
| Norway | 161 | 1:31,940 | 4,447 |
| Canada | 127 | 1:290,123 | 26,993 |
| Russia | 124 | 1:1,162,283 | 85,907 |
| Latvia | 112 | 1:18,304 | 2,738 |
| Argentina | 75 | 1:569,912 | 40,958 |
| New Zealand | 70 | 1:64,690 | 9,897 |
| Belgium | 60 | 1:191,611 | 25,371 |
| Sweden | 58 | 1:169,772 | 11,770 |
| Ecuador | 55 | 1:289,197 | 8,885 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Italy | 26 | 1:2,352,180 | 93,058 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Cuba | 12 | 1:960,226 | 6,464 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 427 | 1:57,085 | 6,751 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 506 | 1:99,246 | 10,096 |
The alternate forms: Gräve (669), Gravé (48), Grāve (6) & Gravè (1) are calculated separately.
Grave (324) may also be a first name.
Grave Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the greave' or 'greaves.' For variants and many instances, v. Grave and Graver. Equivalent to Grove, which see. Originally a glade or lane cut through the trees in the forest; from English verb grave, to cut; Anglo-Saxon graf, a grove. 'For so raythely thay rusche with roselde speris, That the raskaille was rade, and rane to the grefes.'
Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, F. 83 (Halliwell). Fairfax speaks of the 'Wind in holts and shady greaves.'
Agnes de Greues (u for v), 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1610. Bant.—May, d. John Greaues, pwterer: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the grave' (v. Greaves); the earlier form of Greave or Grove, (a) Offic.' the graff'; v. Graveston.
Edith de la Grava, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Henry de la Grave, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Hugh de la Grave, Somerset, ibid.
John de la Grave, Wiltshire, ibid.
Geoffrey de la Grave, Gloucestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Sibilla de la Grave, Gloucestershire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Robert atte Grave, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.
Johannes Grave, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Adam Grayf, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johanna Grayf, 1379: ibid.
Robertus Grayff, 1379: ibid.
1600. Edmund Grave and Dorothy Smith: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).
1607. Married — John Johnson and Rose Graves: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) 1 Dweller at a Grove [Middle English grave, Old English gráf] Robert atte Grave.-Parl. Writs.
2 Reeve or Bailiff [Dialectal and Middle English grave, grayve, greyve, Old English geréfa] Grayvis, and baylys, and parker.—The Boke of Curtasye, 589.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Solemn, Sedate, Demure (a nickname) [French grave; Latin grav-is, heavy]
1. A northern pronunciation of Grove. 2. A bailiff or reeve. 3. A cave. 4. A personal name, whence Graves and Graveson.
From the Dutch, Greeve, Greive; from the German, Gräve, Gräfe; in the Domesday Book, Greve; a personal name.
Grave: (Anglo-Saxon graef), a ditch; also a pit for catching wild beasts: Stonegrave, Palgrave (a wood-lined pit). Falsgrave is the A.S. Wallesgrave. Waldegrave is a pitfall in a wood, or a woodsreeve. We have the surnames Greaves and Graves.
Greaves, which is a characteristic name of the midland counties, has long been a Worcestershire name. The old family of Greves held some position in the county. Daniel Greves, probably a member of this family, bought certain lands in King's Norton of Richard Amphlett in 1669 (N.).
Grave Demographics
Average Grave Salary in
United States
$43,025 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Grave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grave Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grave (Marathi: गाव, Russian: Граве) is most common in Guatemala. It can also be found in the variant forms: Gräve, Gravé, Grāve or Gravè. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grave? popularity and diffusion
The last name Grave is the 28,860th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 391,656 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Grave are found; 37 percent are found in Central America and 37 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 487,350th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 324 people.
This last name is most numerous in Guatemala, where it is held by 6,855 people, or 1 in 2,346. In Guatemala it is mostly concentrated in: Quiché Department, where 61 percent are found, Baja Verapaz Department, where 22 percent are found and Chimaltenango Department, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Guatemala Grave is found in 80 countries. It is also found in France, where 15 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.
Grave Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Grave has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Grave surname increased 181 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 14 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grave Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Grave last name are 1.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.69% registered with the political party.
The amount Grave earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 5.58% less than the national average, earning 326,779 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 12.64% more than the national average, earning R 267,672 per year; in United States they earn 0.29% less than the national average, earning $43,025 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.32% more than the national average, earning $55,307 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grave Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grave in the Marathi language | ||
| गाव | gava | - |
| Grave in the Russian language | ||
| Граве | grave | - |
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