Last Name CRAVEN

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Meaning Local: Of Craven. i.e. the district of Craven in West Riding Yorks. The surname has for centuries been very strongly represented in Yorkshire, especially in the West Riding.
One who begs for his life when conquered; from 'crave,' a word used formerly by one vanquished in trial by battle, and yielding to the conqueror. 'Craven' is also the name of a place in Yorkshire, England, very stony, derived from 'craig,' Cornish British, a rock, and 'pen,' a head.
Origin English, Irish, Namibian, Guam

Rank 2,201 (2000 US census) 2,278 (1990 US census)
Count 15,149 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.48%, or 13858 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.23%, or 792 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.32%, or 48 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.5%, or 76 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.24%, or 188 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.23%, or 186 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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