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    The surname Naves

    A Portuguese place surname, carried by 628 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N120

    Naves: #35,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Naves #35,764, 628 people Naves: #35,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Naves #35,764, 628 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Naves is more common than 78% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Portuguese Naves, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Spanish Naves, a habitational surname from Naves (Llanes), in Asturia. * Borrowed from French Naves, a habitational surname from Naves, Corrèze.

    Naves is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 628 people named Naves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 491,633 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 561.

    #35,764
    rank among US surnames
    628
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #37,374)

    Who is named Naves

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

    43% of people named Naves identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 43%
    • White (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Naves

    Naves has the Soundex code N120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N120.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Naves come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Portuguese Naves, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Spanish Naves, a habitational surname from Naves (Llanes), in Asturia. * Borrowed from French Naves, a habitational surname from Naves, Corrèze.
    How common is the surname Naves?
    628 people in the United States had the surname Naves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 491,633 Americans. It ranked 35,764th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Naves?
    In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Naves identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Naves?
    Naves is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Naves getting more or less common?
    More common. 561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 628 in 2010, up 12%.