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    The surname Nivar

    A Spanish surname, carried by 611 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N160

    Nivar: #36,585 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Nivar #36,585, 611 people Nivar: #36,585 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Nivar #36,585, 611 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nivar is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Nívar. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.

    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 611 people named Nivar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 505,312 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 392.

    #36,585
    rank among US surnames
    611
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +55.9%
    change since 2000 (was #50,178)

    Who is named Nivar

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

    94% of people named Nivar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nivar

    Nivar has the Soundex code N160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N160.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nivar come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Nívar. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.
    How common is the surname Nivar?
    611 people in the United States had the surname Nivar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 505,312 Americans. It ranked 36,585th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nivar?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nivar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nivar getting more or less common?
    More common. 392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 611 in 2010, up 56%.