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    The surname Saavedra

    A surname, carried by 18,834 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S136

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saavedra is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Spanish, of Galician origin.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 18,834 people named Saavedra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,393 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,358.

    #1,910
    rank among US surnames
    18,834
    people in 2010
    6.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41%
    change since 2000 (was #2,479)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,901Sylvester18,89616,339
    #1,902Nowak18,89116,344
    #1,903Weir18,88116,352
    #1,904Darling18,87916,354
    #1,905Barrientos18,87716,356
    #1,906Ogden18,86016,370
    #1,907McClendon18,85716,373

    Who is named Saavedra

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

    92% of people named Saavedra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Saavedras

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carlos Saavedra Lamas
      Argentine politician (1878-1959)
    • Erwin Saavedra
      Bolivian footballer, born 1996
    • Humberto Saavedra
      Bolivian footballer, born 1923

    Notable Saavedras come mostly from Bolivia (2) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Saavedra

    Saavedra has the Soundex code S136, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S136.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Saavedra come from?
    From Spanish, of Galician origin.
    How common is the surname Saavedra?
    18,834 people in the United States had the surname Saavedra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,393 Americans. It ranked 1,910th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Saavedra?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Saavedra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Saavedra?
    Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician (1878-1959), followed by Erwin Saavedra.
    Where is the surname Saavedra most common?
    Wikidata records people named Saavedra in Bolivia and Argentina.
    Is the surname Saavedra getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,834 in 2010, up 41%.
    What are other spellings of Saavedra?
    Savedra.