# Eaves (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,902 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,489 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,072 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (7,674 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from Middle English atte evese (“at the border, edge”), from Old English efes. Compare Reeves. Also sometimes a variant of Eve.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eaves 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Eves, Epps.

## 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.