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語源

• As a German surname, borrowed from German Grau, a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard.
• As a Catalan and southern French surname, from Occitan and Catalan Grau, a topographic surname from grau (“degree, level”).
• Also as a Catalan surname, reduced from the personal name Guerau; see Gerald.
• As a French surname, from Old French grau (“kind of fork”), from Frankish/Germanic, probably related to Old Norse grein (“fork, branch”).

固有名詞

Grau (plural Graus)

1. A surname.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Grau is the 6353 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5365 individuals. Grau is most common among White (72.25%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 78.