The Graves surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 84,179 people carried this name — #371 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 82,179 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 6 births for the Graves name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 223 people named Graves.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Gironde.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 107 people named Graves live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Graves live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Graves in American newspapers,
1838–1883.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,415,815 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Graves,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carol Graves d. 2023 · ostracodologist
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Robert Lawrence Graves d. 2004 · mathematician
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Katherine Frederica Murdoch d. 1926
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Jane Anne Graves d. 1881
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Millicent Olive Graves d. 1978
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Jane Ryves d. 1791
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Graves.
- Grava 142 · U.S. census
- Grave 705 · U.S. census
- Gravel 2,232 · U.S. census
- Gravelin 235 · U.S. census
- Graveline 838 · U.S. census
- Gravelle 2,219 · U.S. census
- Gravier 241 · U.S. census
- Gravil 123 · U.S. census
- Gravina 648 · U.S. census
- Gray 246,116 · U.S. census
- Grazi 136 · U.S. census
- Grazia 106 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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