How common is the surname Lavery?

3,938 people in the United States had the surname Lavery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,402 Americans. It ranked 8,401st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lavery?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lavery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lavery?

Hazel Lavery, American artist (1880-1935).

Where is the surname Lavery most common?

Wikidata records people named Lavery in the United States.

Is the surname Lavery getting more or less common?

More common. 3,647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,938 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Lavery

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,938 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lavery is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Labhradha (“descendant of Labhraidh”), a byname from labhraidh (“spokesman”), from labhair (“to speak”).

Lavery is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 3,938 people named Lavery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,402 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,647.

#8,401

rank among US surnames

3,938

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #8,347)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,394	Halley	3,943	78,302
#8,395	Carlo	3,942	78,322
#8,398	Spry	3,940	78,362
#8,401	Lavery	3,938	78,402
#8,402	Hermanson	3,937	78,422
#8,404	Alvis	3,936	78,441

Who is named Lavery

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

94% of people named Lavery identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laverys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hazel Lavery
American artist (1880-1935)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lavery

Lavery has the Soundex code L160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L160.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lavery come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Labhradha (“descendant of Labhraidh”), a byname from labhraidh (“spokesman”), from labhair (“to speak”).
How common is the surname Lavery?: 3,938 people in the United States had the surname Lavery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,402 Americans. It ranked 8,401st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lavery?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lavery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lavery?: Hazel Lavery, American artist (1880-1935).
Where is the surname Lavery most common?: Wikidata records people named Lavery in the United States.
What type of surname is Lavery?: Lavery is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Lavery getting more or less common?: More common. 3,647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,938 in 2010, up 8.0%.