The surname Navas
A Spanish surname, carried by 4,953 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N120
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Navas.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,953 people named Navas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,335 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,355.
Who is named Navas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Navas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
- White (not Hispanic) 13%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- Two or more races 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Navass
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Mauro NavasArgentine football player and manager, born 1974
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Navas has the Soundex code N120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N120.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Navas come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Navas.
- How common is the surname Navas?
- 4,953 people in the United States had the surname Navas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,335 Americans. It ranked 6,809th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Navas?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Navas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Navas?
- Mauro Navas, Argentine football player and manager.
- Where is the surname Navas most common?
- Wikidata records people named Navas in Argentina.
- Is the surname Navas getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,953 in 2010, up 48%.