How common is the surname Alvis?

3,936 people in the United States had the surname Alvis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,441 Americans. It ranked 8,404th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Alvis getting more or less common?

More common. 3,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,936 in 2010, up 4.5%.

Is Alvis also a first name?

Yes. Alvis is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Alvis

A surname, carried by 3,936 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A412 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alvis is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

An American surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,936 people named Alvis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,441 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,765.

#8,404

rank among US surnames

3,936

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,115)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,398	Spry	3,940	78,362
#8,401	Lavery	3,938	78,402
#8,402	Hermanson	3,937	78,422
#8,404	Alvis	3,936	78,441
#8,405	Carrick	3,935	78,461
#8,407	Heron	3,934	78,481

Who is named Alvis

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

80% of people named Alvis identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alvis

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

Questions

How common is the surname Alvis?: 3,936 people in the United States had the surname Alvis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,441 Americans. It ranked 8,404th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alvis?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Alvis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Alvis getting more or less common?: More common. 3,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,936 in 2010, up 4.5%.
Is Alvis also a first name?: Yes. Alvis is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.