The surname Avon
A surname, carried by 436 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.vɑn/ 2 syllables Soundex A150
Origin
From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon. Doublet of Almond (“a river in Scotland”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 436 people named Avon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 708,132 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 432.
Who is named Avon
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
86% of people named Avon identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 86%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.9%
- Two or more races 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Avon
Avon has the Soundex code A150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A150.
Questions
- Where does the surname Avon come from?
- From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon. Doublet of Almond (“a river in Scotland”).
- How common is the surname Avon?
- 436 people in the United States had the surname Avon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 708,132 Americans. It ranked 48,436th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Avon?
- In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Avon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Avon?
- Avon is /ˈeɪ.vɑn/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Avon getting more or less common?
- More common. 432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 436 in 2010, up 0.9%.