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The surname Sarvis

A surname, carried by 1,819 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S612

Sarvis: #15,964 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sarvis #15,964, 1,819 people Sarvis: #15,964 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sarvis #15,964, 1,819 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sarvis is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,819 people named Sarvis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,734 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,628.

#15,964
rank among US surnames
1,819
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+11.7%
change since 2000 (was #16,293)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,955Brightman1,821169,547
#15,959Burchette1,820169,640
#15,964Cuccia1,819169,734
#15,970Deines1,818169,827

Who is named Sarvis

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

81% of people named Sarvis identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 81%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sarvis

Sarvis has the Soundex code S612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S612.

Questions

How common is the surname Sarvis?
1,819 people in the United States had the surname Sarvis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,734 Americans. It ranked 15,964th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sarvis?
In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Sarvis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sarvis getting more or less common?
More common. 1,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,819 in 2010, up 12%.