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    The surname Cavin

    A surname, carried by 3,307 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C150

    Cavin: #9,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cavin #9,790, 3,307 people Cavin: #9,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cavin #9,790, 3,307 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cavin is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,307 people named Cavin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,361 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,103.

    #9,790
    rank among US surnames
    3,307
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #9,614)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,784Yowell3,31193,248
    #9,786Loughlin3,30993,305
    #9,788Chico3,30893,333
    #9,790Colangelo3,30793,361
    #9,794Arechiga3,30693,389
    #9,798Trantham3,30493,446

    Who is named Cavin

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

    88% of people named Cavin identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cavin

    Cavin has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cavin?
    3,307 people in the United States had the surname Cavin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,361 Americans. It ranked 9,790th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cavin?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Cavin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cavin getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,103 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,307 in 2010, up 6.6%.