Hargrave

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Hardgrave === Etymology === Habitational surname, from Old English hār (“grey”) or hara (“hare”) + graf (“grove”) or grǣfe (“thicket”). === Proper noun === Hargrave (countable and uncountable, plural Hargraves) (uncountable) A number of places: A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4862). A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0370). A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7759). A settlement in the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, Manitoba, Canada. An unincorporated community in Rush County, Kansas, United States. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Hargrave is the 4989th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7037 individuals. Hargrave is most common among White (76.6%) and Black/African American (18.27%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hargrave”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131.