# Divers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/divers/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,331 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,076 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 231,965 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (1,250 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Divers in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Divers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Divers

- Edward Divers, British chemist (1837-1912)

## Similar surnames

Devers, Dvorak, Dufresne, Depriest, Devereaux, Dabrowski, DeForest, Deavers, Devereux, Deforge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.