Explore the Family Name Cravener

The meaning of Cravener

1. Altered form of North German Grevener, a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Greven, probably from Middle Low German grave ‘ditch, moat’, referring to an early Frankish settlement with that type of fortification. 2. Possibly also an altered form of North German Grewener, a variant of Gräb(e)ner, an occupational name for a miner, grave digger or the like, or for an engraver. See also Graber.

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How common is the last name Cravener in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Cravener showed a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Cravener ranked as the 50,572nd most common surname in America, and by 2010, it had risen to the 50,106th position, indicating a change of approximately 0.92%. The count of individuals with this surname also increased by 7.73% from 388 to 418 during the same period. Despite these changes, the proportion of Craveners per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.14.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,572	#50,106	0.92%
Count	388	418	7.73%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.14	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cravener

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of people with the Cravener surname identify as White. This demographic constituted 96.91% of all Craveners in 2000 and slightly decreased to 96.65% in 2010. There was a noticeable increase in the percentage of Craveners identifying as Hispanic, rising from 1.55% to 2.15%, marking a 38.71% change. For other ethnicities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, there were no recorded Craveners either in 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.91%	96.65%	-0.27%
Hispanic	1.55%	2.15%	38.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%