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The surname Cevallos

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,069 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C142

Cevallos: #10,471 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cevallos #10,471, 3,069 people Cevallos: #10,471 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cevallos #10,471, 3,069 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cevallos is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Cevallos, a variant of Ceballos. This variant is predominantly found in Ecuador.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,069 people named Cevallos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,601 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,220.

#10,471
rank among US surnames
3,069
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+38.2%
change since 2000 (was #12,757)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,465Janzen3,072100,503
#10,466McAlpin3,071100,536
#10,468Carreiro3,070100,569
#10,471Cevallos3,069100,601
#10,472Taulbee3,068100,634
#10,473Stough3,067100,667

Who is named Cevallos

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

93% of people named Cevallos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cevallos

Cevallos has the Soundex code C142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C142.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cevallos come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Cevallos, a variant of Ceballos. This variant is predominantly found in Ecuador.
How common is the surname Cevallos?
3,069 people in the United States had the surname Cevallos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,601 Americans. It ranked 10,471st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cevallos?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cevallos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cevallos getting more or less common?
More common. 2,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,069 in 2010, up 38%.