How common is the surname Cover?

3,699 people in the United States had the surname Cover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,467 Americans. It ranked 8,858th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cover?

Franklin Cover, American actor (1928-2006), followed by Thomas M. Cover.

Where is the surname Cover most common?

Wikidata records people named Cover in the United States.

Is the surname Cover getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,707 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,699 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Cover

A surname, carried by 3,699 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cover is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,699 people named Cover in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,467 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,707.

#8,858

rank among US surnames

3,699

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,223)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,850	Dunston	3,702	83,400
#8,853	Marano	3,701	83,422
#8,854	Breault	3,700	83,445
#8,858	Kautz	3,699	83,467
#8,860	Licea	3,698	83,490
#8,861	Barbera	3,696	83,535
#8,862	Lutes	3,695	83,558

Who is named Cover

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

87% of people named Cover identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Covers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franklin Cover
American actor (1928-2006)
Thomas M. Cover
American mathematician (1938–2012)
Jack Cover
American physicist (1920–2009)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cover

Cover has the Soundex code C160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C160.

Questions

How common is the surname Cover?: 3,699 people in the United States had the surname Cover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,467 Americans. It ranked 8,858th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cover?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Cover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cover?: Franklin Cover, American actor (1928-2006), followed by Thomas M. Cover.
Where is the surname Cover most common?: Wikidata records people named Cover in the United States.
Is the surname Cover getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,707 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,699 in 2010, down 0.2%.