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    The surname Chivers

    A surname, carried by 1,521 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C162

    Chivers: #18,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chivers #18,262, 1,521 people Chivers: #18,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chivers #18,262, 1,521 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chivers is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,521 people named Chivers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,505.

    #18,262
    rank among US surnames
    1,521
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,316)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,253Berberich1,522202,855
    #18,262Raybon1,521202,989

    Who is named Chivers

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

    72% of people named Chivers identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Chiverss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • C. J. Chivers
      American journalist and author, born 1964

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chivers

    Chivers has the Soundex code C162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C162.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chivers?
    1,521 people in the United States had the surname Chivers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. It ranked 18,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chivers?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Chivers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chivers?
    C. J. Chivers, American journalist and author.
    Where is the surname Chivers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chivers in the United States.
    Is the surname Chivers getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,521 in 2010, up 1.1%.