The surname Given
A surname, carried by 3,733 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G150
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,733 people named Given in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,707 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,668.
#8,784
rank among US surnames
3,733
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+1.8%
change since 2000 (was #8,305)
Who is named Given
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Given identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Givhan
Surnames that sound like Given
Given has the Soundex code G150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G150.
Questions
- How common is the surname Given?
- 3,733 people in the United States had the surname Given in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,707 Americans. It ranked 8,784th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Given?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Given identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Given getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,668 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,733 in 2010, up 1.8%.
- What are other spellings of Given?
- Givhan.