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    The surname Severs

    A surname, carried by 1,835 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S162

    Severs: #15,857 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Severs #15,857, 1,835 people Severs: #15,857 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Severs #15,857, 1,835 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Severs is more common than 90.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,835 people named Severs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,254 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,673.

    #15,857
    rank among US surnames
    1,835
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,954)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,854Perezlopez1,836168,162
    #15,857Dority1,835168,254
    #15,864Leonardi1,834168,345

    Who is named Severs

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

    93% of people named Severs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Severs

    Severs has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Severs?
    1,835 people in the United States had the surname Severs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,254 Americans. It ranked 15,857th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Severs?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Severs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Severs getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,835 in 2010, up 9.7%.