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Type Surname (from given name)
English: patronymic from
Grave.
Type Surname (from location)
Topographic name from the plural of Old French grave "gravel"
Type Surname (from occupation)
Derives from someone who had an occupation as a grave digger or a caretaker for a graveyard.