Graves Name Meaning: A patronymic variant of 'Grave'.Occupational from 'Greyve',denoted from middle English,meaning 'steward'. Also topographic,a variant of 'Grove'.
This may indicate somebody who lived near a 'grove' or 'thicket'.
Discover how your Graves ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 42 |
Buckinghamshire | 16 |
Berkshire | 39 |
Cambridgeshire | 145 |
Channel Islands | 3 |
Cheshire | 30 |
Cornwall | 14 |
Cumberland | 109 |
Derbyshire | 45 |
Devon | 42 |
Dorset | 12 |
Durham | 73 |
Essex | 226 |
Gloucestershire | 34 |
Hampshire | 64 |
Herefordshire | 28 |
Hertfordshire | 88 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 22 |
Isle of Man | 7 |
Kent | 213 |
Lancashire | 433 |
Leicestershire | 92 |
Lincolnshire | 553 |
London | 855 |
Middlesex | 117 |
Northumberland | 36 |
Norfolk | 188 |
Northamptonshire | 29 |
Nottinghamshire | 89 |
Oxfordshire | 8 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 22 |
Shropshire | 9 |
Suffolk | 20 |
Somerset | 49 |
Surrey | 130 |
Sussex | 53 |
Staffordshire | 66 |
Warwickshire | 77 |
Westmorland | 17 |
Wiltshire | 16 |
Worcestershire | 53 |
Yorkshire | 560 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 1 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 1 |
Denbighshire | 2 |
Flintshire | 1 |
Glamorgan | 53 |
Merionethshire | 1 |
Montgomeryshire | 4 |
Monmouthshire | 41 |
Pembrokeshire | 6 |
Radnorshire | 2 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Scholar | 741 |
Agricultural Labourer | 102 |
General Labourer | 57 |
Domestic Servant | 52 |
Farmer | 50 |
Living On Own Means | 45 |
Dress Maker | 35 |
Labourer | 34 |
General Servant | 34 |
Farm Servant | 34 |
Farm Labourer | 29 |
Living On Her Own Means | 24 |
Errand Boy | 24 |
Laundress | 23 |
House Keeper | 22 |
Coal Miner | 21 |
Gardener | 20 |
General Servant Domestic | 20 |
Carpenter | 16 |
General Domestic Servant | 15 |
Clerk | 14 |
Painter | 13 |
Grocer | 13 |
Cotton Weaver | 13 |
Dressmaker | 12 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Graves | 2,409 |
William Graves | 2,163 |
John Graves | 2,006 |
George Graves | 1,445 |
Elizabeth Graves | 1,369 |
Thomas Graves | 1,361 |
Sarah Graves | 1,172 |
James Graves | 1,002 |
Ann Graves | 769 |
Charles Graves | 756 |
Henry Graves | 698 |
Jane Graves | 590 |
Joseph Graves | 586 |
Eliza Graves | 544 |
Robert Graves | 529 |
Alice Graves | 507 |
Emma Graves | 482 |
Annie Graves | 448 |
Arthur Graves | 420 |
Ellen Graves | 385 |
Frederick Graves | 382 |
Edward Graves | 374 |
Emily Graves | 362 |
Hannah Graves | 353 |
Richard Graves | 349 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Greaves | 86% | 61,638 |
2 | Groves | 83% | 55,517 |
3 | Graves | 100% | 34,701 |
4 | Grieves | 71% | 4,346 |
5 | Greeves | 71% | 3,658 |
6 | Greves | 83% | 2,031 |
7 | Gervis | 50% | 1,055 |
8 | Garvis | 50% | 704 |
9 | Grooves | 71% | 535 |
10 | Grives | 83% | 450 |
11 | Greives | 71% | 269 |
12 | Gravis | 83% | 191 |
13 | Gervase | 43% | 163 |
14 | Garves | 67% | 154 |
The surname Graves is the 3rd most popular variant of Greaves.