The surname Bever
A surname, carried by 2,474 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B160
Origin
* As a Dutch and north/Low German surname, from the noun bever (“beaver”). * As an English surname, variant of Beaver.
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How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,474 people named Bever in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,796 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,758.
Who is named Bever
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Bever identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Bever has the Soundex code B160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B160.
Questions
- Where does the surname Bever come from?
- * As a Dutch and north/Low German surname, from the noun bever (“beaver”). * As an English surname, variant of Beaver.
- How common is the surname Bever?
- 2,474 people in the United States had the surname Bever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,796 Americans. It ranked 12,525th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bever?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bever identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Bever getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,758 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,474 in 2010, down 10%.