How common is the surname Sever?

2,055 people in the United States had the surname Sever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,241 Americans. It ranked 14,511th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sever?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sever identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sever getting more or less common?

More common. 1,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,055 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Sever

A surname, carried by 2,055 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sever is more common than 91.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,055 people named Sever in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,241 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,986.

#14,511

rank among US surnames

2,055

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,931)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,505	Gendreau	2,057	150,095
#14,507	Snedeker	2,056	150,168
#14,511	Simas	2,055	150,241
#14,519	Bogert	2,054	150,314

Who is named Sever

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

93% of people named Sever identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sever

Sever has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Questions

How common is the surname Sever?: 2,055 people in the United States had the surname Sever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,241 Americans. It ranked 14,511th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sever?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sever identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sever getting more or less common?: More common. 1,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,055 in 2010, up 3.5%.