Grau

grau grâu graŭ English + (surname) Etymology As a German surname, borrowed from en de Grau, a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard. As a Catalan and southern en fr - surname, from en oc - and en ca Grau, a topographic surname from ca grau degree, level. Also as a Catalan surname, reduced from the personal name ca Guerau; see en Gerald. As a French surname, from en fro grau kind of fork, from en frk -/en gem -, probably related to non grein fork, branch. Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Grau is the 6353rd 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 en surnames from German surnames from Catalan Asturian ast: Alternative forms ast Gr initialism ast Grao Central Pronunciation Proper noun ast proper noun m ast municipality acomm/Asturias in northwestern c/Spain Grado a Related terms ast moscón Catalan Etymology 1 From a contraction of ca Guerau. Proper noun mfbysense ca patronymic Etymology 2 From ca grau inlet; landing, from ca la gradus. Proper noun mfbysense ca topographic East Central German Etymology Compare de Grauen. Noun gmw-ecg noun n gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch horror gmw-ecg Dos is e Grau. That's a horror. Related terms gmw-ecg grauerlich Further reading 53 German Etymology From the adjective de grau. Pronunciation de /ɡʁaʊ̯/ de De-Grau.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-grau.ogg de Grau de aʊ̯ 1 Noun n.sg grey color Declension n.sg Hyponyms de Hellgrau de Dunkelgrau de Aschgrau de Mausgrau de Maulwurfgrau de Schiefergrau See also Further reading de Greys Hunsrik Etymology From the adjective hrx grau. Pronunciation hrx /kraʊ̯/ Noun n Graue The color grey, gray hrx Die Katze hod Grau gern. The cats like gray. See also Further reading hrx Colors Spanish Proper noun es province r/Apurímac c/Peru