How common is the surname Pavey?

1,430 people in the United States had the surname Pavey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. It ranked 19,041st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pavey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pavey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pavey?

Vera Blue, Australian musician.

Where is the surname Pavey most common?

Wikidata records people named Pavey in Australia.

Is the surname Pavey getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,430 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Pavey

A surname, carried by 1,430 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pavey is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,430 people named Pavey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,455.

#19,041

rank among US surnames

1,430

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,755)

Who is named Pavey

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

95% of people named Pavey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Paveys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vera Blue
Australian musician, born 1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pavey

Pavey has the Soundex code P100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P100.

Questions

How common is the surname Pavey?: 1,430 people in the United States had the surname Pavey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. It ranked 19,041st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pavey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pavey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pavey?: Vera Blue, Australian musician.
Where is the surname Pavey most common?: Wikidata records people named Pavey in Australia.
Is the surname Pavey getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,430 in 2010, down 1.7%.