The Grava surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 137 people carried this name — #117,538 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 178 people named Grava.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Grava live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Grava live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grava.
- Graton 219 · U.S. census
- Gratton 2,108 · U.S. census
- Gratz 1,910 · U.S. census
- Grau 5,099 · U.S. census
- Graul 918 · U.S. census
- Graupner 226 · U.S. census
- Grave 738 · U.S. census
- Gravel 2,225 · U.S. census
- Gravelin 222 · U.S. census
- Graveline 834 · U.S. census
- Gravelle 2,163 · U.S. census
- Graves 82,179 · U.S. census
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