The Grabe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 475 people carried this name — #45,105 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 507 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Grabe.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
41 people named Grabe have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 61 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Grabe is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Grabe in American newspapers,
1917–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49,060 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Grabe,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Ernest Grabe 1666–1711 · theologian -
Joseph Grabe 1541–1620 · pedagogue
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Christian Grabe 1648–1716 · mayor
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Franz Grabe 1843–1923 · writer
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Sara Welk 1871–1944
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Alf Grabe 1880–1966 · mining engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grabe.
- Govin 300 · U.S. census
- Goy 537 · U.S. census
- Goya 700 · U.S. census
- Goyer 786 · U.S. census
- Gozzi 182 · U.S. census
- Gozzo 212 · U.S. census
- Graber 12,204 · U.S. census
- Grabowska 187 · U.S. census
- Grabowski 8,877 · U.S. census
- Graby 177 · U.S. census
- Graca 629 · U.S. census
- Grace 28,098 · U.S. census
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