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    The surname Nevarez

    A surname, carried by 16,607 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N162

    Nevarez: #2,188 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Nevarez #2,188, 16,607 people Nevarez: #2,188 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nevarez #2,188, 16,607 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nevarez is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,607 people named Nevarez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,591 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,979.

    #2,188
    rank among US surnames
    16,607
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28%
    change since 2000 (was #2,559)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,179Acuna16,68318,507
    #2,180Ulrich16,66818,523
    #2,181Chau16,66718,524
    #2,182German16,66118,531
    #2,183Schulte16,65818,534
    #2,184Conroy16,65118,542
    #2,185Hooker16,64618,548

    Who is named Nevarez

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

    94% of people named Nevarez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nevarez

    Nevarez has the Soundex code N162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N162.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nevarez?
    16,607 people in the United States had the surname Nevarez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,591 Americans. It ranked 2,188th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nevarez?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nevarez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nevarez getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,607 in 2010, up 28%.