How common is the surname Craver?

4,012 people in the United States had the surname Craver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,956 Americans. It ranked 8,259th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Craver getting more or less common?

More common. 3,852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,012 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Craver

A surname, carried by 4,012 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Craver is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,012 people named Craver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,956 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,852.

#8,259

rank among US surnames

4,012

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,969)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,250	Edison	4,015	76,898
#8,253	Borland	4,014	76,917
#8,254	Murphey	4,013	76,936
#8,259	Piercy	4,012	76,956
#8,263	Pellegrini	4,011	76,975
#8,266	Winans	4,010	76,994

Who is named Craver

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

87% of people named Craver identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
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 Craver

Craver has the Soundex code C616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C616.

Questions

How common is the surname Craver?: 4,012 people in the United States had the surname Craver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,956 Americans. It ranked 8,259th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Craver?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Craver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Craver getting more or less common?: More common. 3,852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,012 in 2010, up 4.2%.