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Craven


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Origin Of The Surname Craven

Meaning Of The Surname Craven

From the Town with the Garlic

Interesting Facts About Craven

Craven is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Celtic ‘craf’ meaning garlic. Places with this name would have been abundant with garlic.

Craven Statistics

Craven is the number 1205 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 8,223 share the surname Craven in the UK.

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