How common is the surname Erving?

1,532 people in the United States had the surname Erving in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. It ranked 18,166th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Erving?

Julius Erving, American basketball player (born 1950).

Where is the surname Erving most common?

Wikidata records people named Erving in the United States.

Is the surname Erving getting more or less common?

More common. 1,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,532 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Erving

A surname, carried by 1,532 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Erving is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,532 people named Erving in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,450.

#18,166

rank among US surnames

1,532

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,799)

Who is named Erving

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

61% of people named Erving identified as Black (not Hispanic), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 61%
White (not Hispanic) 32%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Ervings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julius Erving
American basketball player (born 1950)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Erving

Ervin

Erving has the Soundex code E615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E615.

Questions

How common is the surname Erving?: 1,532 people in the United States had the surname Erving in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. It ranked 18,166th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Erving?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Erving identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Erving?: Julius Erving, American basketball player (born 1950).
Where is the surname Erving most common?: Wikidata records people named Erving in the United States.
Is the surname Erving getting more or less common?: More common. 1,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,532 in 2010, up 5.7%.