The surname Govea
A surname, carried by 5,327 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex G100
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,327 people named Govea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,959 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,839.
Who is named Govea
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Govea identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Govea 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 Govea?
- 5,327 people in the United States had the surname Govea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,959 Americans. It ranked 6,389th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Govea?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Govea identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Govea getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,839 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,327 in 2010, up 39%.