Grau Family History
Grau Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with gray
hair or a gray beard, from German grau ‘gray’.Southern French: topographic name for someone who lived near a
canal giving access to the sea, Occitan grau (Latin
gradus ‘step’).French: from Old French grau
denoting a type of agricultural fork with curved tines (apparently of
Germanic origin), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker,
seller, or user of such implements.Catalan: topographic
name from grau (Latin gradum).Catalan:
from a reduced form of the common medieval personal name Guerau
(see Gerald).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Grau Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Grau families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Grau census records
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Grau Family Origin
Grau Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Grau
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Grau Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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