The surname Alvey
A surname, carried by 5,220 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A410
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,220 people named Alvey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,147 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,917.
#6,502
rank among US surnames
5,220
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+6.2%
change since 2000 (was #6,373)
Who is named Alvey
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Alvey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Alvey
Alvey has the Soundex code A410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A410.
Questions
- How common is the surname Alvey?
- 5,220 people in the United States had the surname Alvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,147 Americans. It ranked 6,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Alvey?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Alvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Alvey getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,220 in 2010, up 6.2%.