Greaves
Appearance
See also: greaves
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Topographic surname for someone who lived near a brushwood or thicket, from Old English grǣfe (“brushwood, thicket”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Greaves (plural Greaveses)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Greaves is the 6505th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5217 individuals. Greaves is most common among White (61.01%) and Black/African American (31.59%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Greaves”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79.