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Origin Of The Surname Graves
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Meaning Of The Surname Graves
Descendant of the Curator
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Interesting
Facts About
Graves
Graves is a patronymic surname, as mot names ending with the suffix ‘s’ are. Patronymic surnames were given to pass down the name of a father to his household. This often included passing the name to non-family members such as servants. The name being passed down is Grave, which was an occupational surname given to a curator and originated from the Old English word ‘greyve’. |
Graves Statistics
Graves is the number 1664 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,314 share the surname Graves in the UK.
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