How common is the surname Severe?

1,901 people in the United States had the surname Severe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Severe getting more or less common?

More common. 1,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Severe

A surname, carried by 1,901 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). Severe is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,901 people named Severe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,607.

#15,409

rank among US surnames

1,901

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+18.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,471)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,402	Frew	1,903	162,241
#15,406	Delfin	1,902	162,327
#15,409	McQueary	1,901	162,412
#15,418	McSherry	1,900	162,498

Who is named Severe

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

48% of people named Severe identified as white (not Hispanic), 47% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Black (not Hispanic) 47%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
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 Severe

Severe 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 Severe?: 1,901 people in the United States had the surname Severe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Severe?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Severe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 47% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Severe getting more or less common?: More common. 1,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, up 18%.