The surname Caves
A surname, carried by 1,684 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex C120
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,684 people named Caves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,622.
#16,909
rank among US surnames
1,684
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+3.8%
change since 2000 (was #16,349)
Who is named Caves
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Caves identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Caves has the Soundex code C120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C120.
Questions
- How common is the surname Caves?
- 1,684 people in the United States had the surname Caves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. It ranked 16,909th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Caves?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Caves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Caves getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, up 3.8%.