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    The surname Lavan

    A surname, carried by 1,026 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L150

    Lavan: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lavan #24,404, 1,026 people Lavan: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lavan #24,404, 1,026 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lavan is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,026 people named Lavan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,049.

    #24,404
    rank among US surnames
    1,026
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,809)

    Who is named Lavan

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

    57% of people named Lavan identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lavan

    Lavan has the Soundex code L150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L150.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lavan?
    1,026 people in the United States had the surname Lavan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lavan?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Lavan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lavan getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, down 2.2%.