How common is the surname Severns?

1,816 people in the United States had the surname Severns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. It ranked 15,985th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Severns?

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

Is the surname Severns getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,816 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Severns

A surname, carried by 1,816 people in the United States.

2 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). Severns is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,816 people named Severns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,844.

#15,985

rank among US surnames

1,816

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,771)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,978	Doris	1,817	169,920
#15,985	Manges	1,816	170,014

Who is named Severns

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

93% of people named Severns identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Severns

Severns 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 Severns?: 1,816 people in the United States had the surname Severns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. It ranked 15,985th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Severns?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Severns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Severns getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,816 in 2010, down 1.5%.