Grawe Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Behind the Grawe surname stands Grave, a German name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Its meaning, shared with Grave, is “Count”.

• Spelled with “w” instead of “v”, Grawe shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• About 548 people in the United States were recorded as Grawe in 2010, placing it 40,016 on the national list.
• The same family of names includes Grabe and Graefe.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Grave and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Grawe report, with a museum-style coat of arms.