The Gravina surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 648 people carried this name — #34,835 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 596 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gravina surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gravina» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 242 people named Gravina 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 118 people named Gravina.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often La Réunion.
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
44 people named Gravina live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
Who carried it
People named Gravina,
with a public archive behind them.
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Girolamo Gravina d. 1671 · politician
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Pasquale Gravina d. 1815 · botanist
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Francesca Gravina d. 1667
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Gilbert, Count of Gravina 1150–1101 · military leader
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John of Gravina 1294–1336 · aristocrat
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Domenico da Gravina 1300–1355 · historian
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gravina.
- Gravelin 235 · U.S. census
- Graveline 838 · U.S. census
- Gravelle 2,219 · U.S. census
- Graves 84,179 · U.S. census
- Gravier 241 · U.S. census
- Gravil 123 · U.S. census
- Gray 246,116 · U.S. census
- Grazi 136 · U.S. census
- Grazia 106 · U.S. census
- Graziani 1,253 · U.S. census
- Graziano 7,559 · U.S. census
- Grazioli 278 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gravina is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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