The surname Nivens
A surname, carried by 1,870 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N152
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,870 people named Nivens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,105 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,779.
#15,625
rank among US surnames
1,870
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+5.1%
change since 2000 (was #15,194)
Who is named Nivens
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
71% of people named Nivens identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 71%
- Black (not Hispanic) 23%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Nivens
Nivens has the Soundex code N152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N152.
Questions
- How common is the surname Nivens?
- 1,870 people in the United States had the surname Nivens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,105 Americans. It ranked 15,625th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nivens?
- In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Nivens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Nivens getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,870 in 2010, up 5.1%.