How common is the surname Severance?

3,456 people in the United States had the surname Severance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,336 Americans. It ranked 9,407th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Severance?

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

Who is the most famous person named Severance?

Joan Severance, American actress.

Where is the surname Severance most common?

Wikidata records people named Severance in the United States.

Is the surname Severance getting more or less common?

More common. 3,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,456 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Severance

A surname, carried by 3,456 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Severance is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,456 people named Severance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,336 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,380.

#9,407

rank among US surnames

3,456

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,903)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,399	Edinger	3,459	89,259
#9,403	Samayoa	3,458	89,284
#9,405	Claussen	3,457	89,310
#9,407	Alverson	3,456	89,336
#9,412	Johannes	3,455	89,362
#9,415	Meisner	3,454	89,388

Who is named Severance

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

93% of people named Severance identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Severances

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joan Severance
American actress, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Severance

Severance has the Soundex code S165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S165.

Questions

How common is the surname Severance?: 3,456 people in the United States had the surname Severance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,336 Americans. It ranked 9,407th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Severance?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Severance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Severance?: Joan Severance, American actress.
Where is the surname Severance most common?: Wikidata records people named Severance in the United States.
Is the surname Severance getting more or less common?: More common. 3,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,456 in 2010, up 2.2%.