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The surname Every

A surname, carried by 1,193 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E160

Every: #21,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Every #21,790, 1,193 people Every: #21,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Every #21,790, 1,193 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Every is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,193 people named Every in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. That is down 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,313.

#21,790
rank among US surnames
1,193
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-9.1%
change since 2000 (was #19,144)

Who is named Every

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

77% of people named Every identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 77%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Everys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Dernell Every
    American fencer (1906-1994)

Questions

How common is the surname Every?
1,193 people in the United States had the surname Every in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Every?
In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Every identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Every?
Dernell Every, American fencer (1906-1994).
Where is the surname Every most common?
Wikidata records people named Every in the United States.
Is the surname Every getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, down 9.1%.