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    The surname Avera

    A surname, carried by 1,601 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A160

    Avera: #17,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Avera #17,565, 1,601 people Avera: #17,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Avera #17,565, 1,601 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Avera is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,601 people named Avera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,845 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,565.

    #17,565
    rank among US surnames
    1,601
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,793)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,559Cambridge1,602192,725
    #17,565Herdman1,601192,845
    #17,572Highley1,600192,966

    Who is named Avera

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

    76% of people named Avera identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
    • Two or more races 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 Avera

    Avera has the Soundex code A160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Avera?
    1,601 people in the United States had the surname Avera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,845 Americans. It ranked 17,565th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Avera?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Avera identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Avera getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,601 in 2010, up 2.3%.