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The surname Havel

A surname, carried by 2,066 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H140

Havel: #14,458 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Havel #14,458, 2,066 people Havel: #14,458 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Havel #14,458, 2,066 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Havel is more common than 91.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,066 people named Havel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,010.

#14,458
rank among US surnames
2,066
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+2.8%
change since 2000 (was #13,806)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,453Lobb2,067149,369
#14,458Fray2,066149,441
#14,465Banes2,065149,514

Who is named Havel

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

95% of people named Havel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Havel

Havel has the Soundex code H140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H140.

Questions

How common is the surname Havel?
2,066 people in the United States had the surname Havel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. It ranked 14,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Havel?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Havel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Havel getting more or less common?
More common. 2,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,066 in 2010, up 2.8%.