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    The surname Nevius

    A surname, carried by 1,090 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N120

    Nevius: #23,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nevius #23,354, 1,090 people Nevius: #23,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nevius #23,354, 1,090 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nevius is more common than 85.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,090 people named Nevius in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,041.

    #23,354
    rank among US surnames
    1,090
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,949)

    Who is named Nevius

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

    87% of people named Nevius identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nevius

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nevius?
    1,090 people in the United States had the surname Nevius in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nevius?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Nevius identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nevius getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 4.7%.