Last name: GRAVEL
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GRAVEL : This last name is indexed 98,764 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GRAVEL : 1: English and Welsh (of Norman origin): probably a habitational name from La Gravelle in La Mayenne and Saint-Hilaire-la-Gravelle in Loir-et-Cher France.2: French: topographic name from a diminutive of Old French grave ‘gravel’ (see Grave).3: North German: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard from Low German grāw.
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