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    The surname Alviar

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,128 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A416

    Alviar: #22,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alviar #22,721, 1,128 people Alviar: #22,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alviar #22,721, 1,128 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alviar is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    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 1,128 people named Alviar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 879.

    #22,721
    rank among US surnames
    1,128
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.3%
    change since 2000 (was #26,163)

    Who is named Alviar

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

    55% of people named Alviar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 55%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 34%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.2%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    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 Alviar

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Alviar come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Alviar?
    1,128 people in the United States had the surname Alviar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. It ranked 22,721st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alviar?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Alviar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Alviar getting more or less common?
    More common. 879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,128 in 2010, up 28%.