Find out how popular the last name Graulau is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Graulau.

Graulau, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Graulau surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Graulau in America

Graulau is the 110825th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Graulau surname appeared 159 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Graulau.

The history of the last name Graulau

The surname "GRAULAU" is believed to have originated in the Rhineland region of Germany during the 13th century. It is thought to be derived from the Germanic words "gra-" meaning "gray" and "lau" meaning "grove" or "meadow", potentially referring to a gray-colored meadow or wooded area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name "GRAULAU" can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Prussicus, a collection of historical documents from the former territory of East Prussia, dated around 1275. In this document, a landowner named Heinrich Graulau is mentioned as holding property near the town of Königsberg.

During the 14th century, the name "GRAULAU" appeared in several municipal records and tax rolls in the cities of Cologne and Aachen, suggesting that families with this surname had established themselves in these urban centers.

In the 15th century, a notable figure named Hans Graulau (1430-1498) was a prominent merchant and member of the Hanseatic League, a powerful medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northern Europe.

Another historical figure bearing the name "GRAULAU" was Johann Graulau (1575-1645), a German astronomer and mathematician who studied at the University of Wittenberg and made contributions to the development of trigonometry and the calculation of logarithms.

During the 17th century, the "GRAULAU" surname was also found in the town of Graulau, located in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, Germany. This suggests that some families with this surname may have taken their name from this specific place, or that the place itself was named after individuals bearing the "GRAULAU" name.

In the 18th century, a prominent figure with the "GRAULAU" surname was Friedrich Graulau (1720-1795), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as a professor of law at the University of Göttingen.

As families with the "GRAULAU" surname migrated and spread across Europe, variations in spelling and pronunciation emerged, including "GRAWLAU", "GRAULOH", and "GRAULOW".

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Graulau

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Graulau.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Graulau was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Graulau was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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