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    The surname Olvera

    A surname, carried by 27,551 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O416

    Olvera: #1,275 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Olvera #1,275, 27,551 people Olvera: #1,275 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Olvera #1,275, 27,551 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Olvera is more common than 99.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 27,551 people named Olvera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,206 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,512.

    #1,275
    rank among US surnames
    27,551
    people in 2010
    9.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.8%
    change since 2000 (was #1,778)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,266Kenney27,75911,122
    #1,267Tuttle27,75111,126
    #1,268Denton27,74211,129
    #1,269Magee27,72011,138
    #1,270Jamison27,69711,147
    #1,271Lyon27,69011,150
    #1,272Locke27,64311,169

    Who is named Olvera

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

    95% of people named Olvera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Olvera

    Olvera 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 Olvera?
    27,551 people in the United States had the surname Olvera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,206 Americans. It ranked 1,275th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Olvera?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Olvera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Olvera getting more or less common?
    More common. 18,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,551 in 2010, up 49%.