How common is the surname Kavanaugh?

5,611 people in the United States had the surname Kavanaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,025 Americans. It ranked 6,109th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kavanaugh?

William Marmaduke Kavanaugh, American politician (1866-1915).

Where is the surname Kavanaugh most common?

Wikidata records people named Kavanaugh in the United States.

How do you pronounce Kavanaugh?

Kavanaugh is /ˈkævənɔː/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Kavanaugh getting more or less common?

More common. 5,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,611 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Kavanaugh

An Irish surname, carried by 5,611 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkævənɔː/ 3 syllables Soundex K152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kavanaugh is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Kavanagh.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,611 people named Kavanaugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,025 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,525.

#6,109

rank among US surnames

5,611

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,743)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,100	Franzen	5,621	54,927
#6,102	Elizalde	5,620	54,937
#6,103	Agosto	5,619	54,947
#6,104	Laroche	5,618	54,956
#6,105	Honaker	5,617	54,966
#6,106	McComb	5,616	54,976
#6,107	Kowalczyk	5,615	54,986

Who is named Kavanaugh

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

91% of people named Kavanaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kavanaughs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Marmaduke Kavanaugh
American politician (1866-1915)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kavanaugh

Kavanagh

Kavanaugh has the Soundex code K152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K152.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kavanaugh come from?: Variant of Kavanagh.
How common is the surname Kavanaugh?: 5,611 people in the United States had the surname Kavanaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,025 Americans. It ranked 6,109th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kavanaugh?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kavanaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kavanaugh?: William Marmaduke Kavanaugh, American politician (1866-1915).
Where is the surname Kavanaugh most common?: Wikidata records people named Kavanaugh in the United States.
How do you pronounce Kavanaugh?: Kavanaugh is /ˈkævənɔː/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Kavanaugh getting more or less common?: More common. 5,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,611 in 2010, up 1.6%.