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    The surname Gouveia

    A surname, carried by 2,878 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G100

    Gouveia: #11,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gouveia #11,047, 2,878 people Gouveia: #11,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gouveia #11,047, 2,878 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gouveia is more common than 93.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,878 people named Gouveia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,278 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,602.

    #11,047
    rank among US surnames
    2,878
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,179)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,040Bruder2,880107,203
    #11,044Rickett2,879107,241
    #11,047Branum2,878107,278
    #11,051Dabrowski2,877107,315
    #11,054Béres2,876107,352

    Who is named Gouveia

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

    74% of people named Gouveia identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 8.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.4%
    • Two or more races 8.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gouveia

    Gouveia has the Soundex code G100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gouveia?
    2,878 people in the United States had the surname Gouveia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,278 Americans. It ranked 11,047th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gouveia?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Gouveia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gouveia getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,878 in 2010, up 11%.