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    The surname Cave

    A surname, carried by 8,389 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /keɪv/ 1 syllable Soundex C100

    Cave: #4,228 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cave #4,228, 8,389 people Cave: #4,228 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cave #4,228, 8,389 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cave is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,389 people named Cave in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,804 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,273.

    #4,228
    rank among US surnames
    8,389
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,225Dion8,39536,777
    #4,226Cade8,39136,795
    #4,227Aguiar8,39036,799
    #4,228Cave8,38936,804

    Who is named Cave

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

    79% of people named Cave identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Caves

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nick Cave
      Australian musician and singer, born 1957
    • Jessie Cave
      British actress, born 1987
    • Nick Cave
      African-American fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist (born 1959)

    Notable Caves come mostly from Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cave

    Cave has the Soundex code C100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cave?
    8,389 people in the United States had the surname Cave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,804 Americans. It ranked 4,228th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cave?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Cave identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cave?
    Nick Cave, Australian musician and singer, followed by Jessie Cave.
    Where is the surname Cave most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cave in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Cave?
    Cave is /keɪv/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Cave getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,389 in 2010, up 1.4%.