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    The surname Olivar

    A surname, carried by 1,456 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O416

    Olivar: #18,808 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Olivar #18,808, 1,456 people Olivar: #18,808 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Olivar #18,808, 1,456 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Olivar is more common than 88.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,456 people named Olivar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,051 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 970.

    #18,808
    rank among US surnames
    1,456
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +50.1%
    change since 2000 (was #24,224)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,804Merrow1,457211,905
    #18,808Dauer1,456212,051

    Who is named Olivar

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

    70% of people named Olivar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 70%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 15%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Olivar

    Olivar has the Soundex code O416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O416.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Olivar?
    1,456 people in the United States had the surname Olivar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,051 Americans. It ranked 18,808th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Olivar?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Olivar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Olivar getting more or less common?
    More common. 970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,456 in 2010, up 50%.