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    The surname Alavez

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,065 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A412

    Alavez: #23,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Alavez #23,750, 1,065 people Alavez: #23,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Alavez #23,750, 1,065 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alavez is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,065 people named Alavez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. That is up 142% since 2000, when the Census counted 440.

    #23,750
    rank among US surnames
    1,065
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +142%
    change since 2000 (was #45,735)

    Who is named Alavez

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    98% of people named Alavez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alavez

    Alavez has the Soundex code A412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A412.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Alavez come from?
    Alavez is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Alavez?
    1,065 people in the United States had the surname Alavez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. It ranked 23,750th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alavez?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Alavez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 0.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Alavez getting more or less common?
    More common. 440 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,065 in 2010, up 142%.