How common is the surname Javier?

9,226 people in the United States had the surname Javier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,465 Americans. It ranked 3,838th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Javier getting more or less common?

More common. 6,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,226 in 2010, up 40%.

Is Javier also a first name?

Yes. Javier is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Javier

A surname, carried by 9,226 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex J160 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Javier is more common than 97.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,226 people named Javier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,465 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,594.

#3,838

rank among US surnames

9,226

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+39.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,891)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,829	Rueda	9,253	33,367
#3,830	Headley	9,250	33,378
#3,831	Horst	9,245	33,396
#3,832	Sturm	9,242	33,407
#3,833	Reinhart	9,237	33,425
#3,834	McNutt	9,232	33,443
#3,835	Tu	9,230	33,450

Who is named Javier

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

55% of people named Javier identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 55%
Asian and Pacific Islander 37%
White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Two or more races 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Javier

Javier has the Soundex code J160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J160.

Questions

How common is the surname Javier?: 9,226 people in the United States had the surname Javier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,465 Americans. It ranked 3,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Javier?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Javier identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Javier getting more or less common?: More common. 6,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,226 in 2010, up 40%.
Is Javier also a first name?: Yes. Javier is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.