How common is the surname Gaver?

1,005 people in the United States had the surname Gaver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. It ranked 24,787th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gaver?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gaver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gaver getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,005 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Gaver

A surname, carried by 1,005 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaver is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,005 people named Gaver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,171.

#24,787

rank among US surnames

1,005

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-14.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,935)

Who is named Gaver

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

95% of people named Gaver identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gaver

Gaver has the Soundex code G160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G160.

Questions

How common is the surname Gaver?: 1,005 people in the United States had the surname Gaver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. It ranked 24,787th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gaver?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gaver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gaver getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,005 in 2010, down 14%.