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    The surname Scriven

    A French occupational surname, carried by 2,116 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S615

    Scriven: #14,191 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Scriven #14,191, 2,116 people Scriven: #14,191 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Scriven #14,191, 2,116 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scriven is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Two possible origins for the surname: * English occupational surname for a scribe copyist or clerk, from Middle English scrivein (“scribe”), itself from Old French escrivain. * English habitational surname from the village in North Yorkshire, which is named with Old English scræfen (“hollow place with caves or pits”).

    Scriven is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,116 people named Scriven in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,910 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,952.

    #14,191
    rank among US surnames
    2,116
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,137)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,184Pusateri2,117145,841
    #14,191Majano2,116145,910
    #14,197Riggio2,115145,979

    Who is named Scriven

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

    49% of people named Scriven identified as white (not Hispanic), 46% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 49%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 46%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scriven

    Scriven has the Soundex code S615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S615.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scriven come from?
    Two possible origins for the surname: * English occupational surname for a scribe copyist or clerk, from Middle English scrivein (“scribe”), itself from Old French escrivain. * English habitational surname from the village in North Yorkshire, which is named with Old English scræfen (“hollow place…
    How common is the surname Scriven?
    2,116 people in the United States had the surname Scriven in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,910 Americans. It ranked 14,191st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scriven?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Scriven identified as white (not Hispanic), and 46% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Scriven?
    Scriven is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Scriven getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,116 in 2010, up 8.4%.