Gravens Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gravens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gravens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2521:1,438,32998,774
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

The alternate forms: Grävens (2) are calculated separately.

Gravens Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gravens Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gravens is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Grävens. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gravens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,001,271st most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gravens are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 252 people, or 1 in 1,438,329. In The United States Gravens is primarily found in: Texas, where 18 percent live, Ohio, where 14 percent live and Kentucky, where 14 percent live. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Gravens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gravens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gravens last name rose 1,145 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gravens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gravens last name are 18.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.12% registered to vote for the party.

Gravens earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.34% less than the national average, earning $35,666 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grävens952/
Gravins8659/
Gravans8615/
Grevens8611/
Grovens862/
Gravinse802/
Grayvans801/
Grevins7121/
Grovans711/
Grovins710/
Greevins671/
Grovence670/
Grovanz5732/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gravens
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