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    The surname Beavers

    A surname, carried by 15,531 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B162

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beavers is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,531 people named Beavers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,879 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,316.

    #2,348
    rank among US surnames
    15,531
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,175)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,339Shipman15,58119,816
    #2,340Corey15,56919,831
    #2,341Craven15,56719,833
    #2,342Talbot15,56219,840
    #2,343Anders15,55419,850
    #2,344Reaves15,55019,855
    #2,345Hough15,54919,856

    Who is named Beavers

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

    78% of people named Beavers identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beaverss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Louise Beavers
      American actress (1900–1962)
    • Robert Beavers
      American filmmaker (born 1949)
    • Gavin Beavers
      American soccer player, born 2005

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Beavers

    Beavers has the Soundex code B162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B162.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beavers?
    15,531 people in the United States had the surname Beavers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,879 Americans. It ranked 2,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beavers?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Beavers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beavers?
    Louise Beavers, American actress (1900–1962), followed by Robert Beavers.
    Where is the surname Beavers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beavers in the United States.
    Is the surname Beavers getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,531 in 2010, up 1.4%.