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The surname Cavins

A surname, carried by 1,529 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C152

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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). Cavins is more common than 88.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,529 people named Cavins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,926 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,444.

#18,198
rank among US surnames
1,529
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+5.9%
change since 2000 (was #17,871)

Who is named Cavins

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

88% of people named Cavins identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 88%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cavins

Cavins has the Soundex code C152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C152.

Questions

How common is the surname Cavins?
1,529 people in the United States had the surname Cavins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,926 Americans. It ranked 18,198th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cavins?
In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Cavins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cavins getting more or less common?
More common. 1,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,529 in 2010, up 5.9%.