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    The surname Nevers

    A French surname, carried by 1,252 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N162

    Nevers: #21,009 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nevers #21,009, 1,252 people Nevers: #21,009 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nevers #21,009, 1,252 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nevers is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Nevers.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,252 people named Nevers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,178.

    #21,009
    rank among US surnames
    1,252
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,831)

    Who is named Nevers

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

    74% of people named Nevers identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nevers

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nevers come from?
    From French Nevers.
    How common is the surname Nevers?
    1,252 people in the United States had the surname Nevers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. It ranked 21,009th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nevers?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Nevers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nevers getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,252 in 2010, up 6.3%.