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    The surname Hively

    A surname, carried by 2,350 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H140

    Hively: #13,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hively #13,065, 2,350 people Hively: #13,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hively #13,065, 2,350 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hively is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    Unknown

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,350 people named Hively in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,381 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,304.

    #13,065
    rank among US surnames
    2,350
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,367)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,057Vowell2,351131,325
    #13,065Crownover2,350131,381
    #13,073Nutting2,349131,437

    Who is named Hively

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

    96% of people named Hively identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hively

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hively come from?
    Unknown
    How common is the surname Hively?
    2,350 people in the United States had the surname Hively in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,381 Americans. It ranked 13,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hively?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hively identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hively getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,350 in 2010, up 2.0%.