Hargrave

• (surname): Hardgrave

Habitational surname, from Old English hār (“grey”) or hara (“hare”) + graf (“grove”) or grǣfe (“thicket”).

Hargrave (countable and uncountable, plural Hargraves)

1. (uncountable) A number of places:
   1. A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4862).
   2. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0370).
   3. A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7759).
   4. A settlement in the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, Manitoba, Canada.
   5. An unincorporated community in Rush County, Kansas, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hargrave is the 4989^th 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hargrave”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131.