How common is the surname Álvares?

3,789 people in the United States had the surname Álvares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,485 Americans. It ranked 8,673rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Álvares?

Nuno Álvares Pereira, 14th to 15th-century Portuguese military commander and Carmelite friar, Catholic saint, Co, followed by Francisco Álvares.

Where is the surname Álvares most common?

Wikidata records people named Álvares in the Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Empire of Brazil.

Is the surname Álvares getting more or less common?

More common. 3,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,789 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Álvares

A surname, carried by 3,789 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Álvares is more common than 94.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,789 people named Álvares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,485 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,687.

#8,673

rank among US surnames

3,789

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,266)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,665	Bos	3,792	81,420
#8,668	Merkle	3,791	81,442
#8,669	McKim	3,790	81,463
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528
#8,679	Prine	3,786	81,549

Who is named Álvares

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

90% of people named Álvares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Álvaress

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nuno Álvares Pereira
14th to 15th-century Portuguese military commander and Carmelite friar, Catholic saint, Co, 1360–1431
Francisco Álvares
16th century Portuguese missionary and explorer, 1465–1540
Josefina Álvares de Azevedo
Brazilian journalist, 1851–1913
Élcio Álvares
Brazilian politician, 1932–2016
Carolina Ferraz
Brazilian actress, born 1968

Notable Álvaress come mostly from the Kingdom of Portugal (2), Brazil (2) and Empire of Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Álvares

Álvares has the Soundex code A416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A416.

Questions

How common is the surname Álvares?: 3,789 people in the United States had the surname Álvares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,485 Americans. It ranked 8,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Álvares?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Álvares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Álvares?: Nuno Álvares Pereira, 14th to 15th-century Portuguese military commander and Carmelite friar, Catholic saint, Co, followed by Francisco Álvares.
Where is the surname Álvares most common?: Wikidata records people named Álvares in the Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Empire of Brazil.
Is the surname Álvares getting more or less common?: More common. 3,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,789 in 2010, up 2.8%.