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    The surname Alvear

    A surname, carried by 1,781 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A416

    Alvear: #16,214 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alvear #16,214, 1,781 people Alvear: #16,214 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alvear #16,214, 1,781 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alvear is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,781 people named Alvear in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,355 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,382.

    #16,214
    rank among US surnames
    1,781
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.9%
    change since 2000 (was #18,447)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,214Loria1,781173,355
    #16,219Stennett1,780173,453

    Who is named Alvear

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

    88% of people named Alvear identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alvear

    Alvear 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 Alvear?
    1,781 people in the United States had the surname Alvear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,355 Americans. It ranked 16,214th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alvear?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Alvear identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Alvear getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,781 in 2010, up 29%.