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The surname Esteves

A surname, carried by 3,913 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E231

Esteves: #8,439 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Esteves #8,439, 3,913 people Esteves: #8,439 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Esteves #8,439, 3,913 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Esteves is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,913 people named Esteves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,903 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,231.

#8,439
rank among US surnames
3,913
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+21.1%
change since 2000 (was #9,272)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,435Jessie3,91678,842
#8,437Desousa3,91578,862
#8,438Eddins3,91478,882
#8,439Esteves3,91378,903

Who is named Esteves

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

50% of people named Esteves identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50%
  • White (not Hispanic) 42%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Estevess

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Adriana Esteves
    Brazilian actress, born 1969
  • Lucas Esteves
    Brazilian footballer, born 2000
  • Fernanda Montenegro
    Brazilian actress and writer, born 1929
  • Erasmo Carlos
    Brazilian singer (1941–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Esteves

Esteves has the Soundex code E231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E231.

Questions

How common is the surname Esteves?
3,913 people in the United States had the surname Esteves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,903 Americans. It ranked 8,439th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Esteves?
In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Esteves identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Esteves?
Adriana Esteves, Brazilian actress, followed by Lucas Esteves.
Where is the surname Esteves most common?
Wikidata records people named Esteves in Brazil.
Is the surname Esteves getting more or less common?
More common. 3,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,913 in 2010, up 21%.