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    The surname Severt

    A surname, carried by 1,530 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S163

    Severt: #18,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Severt #18,184, 1,530 people Severt: #18,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Severt #18,184, 1,530 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Severt is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,530 people named Severt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,342.

    #18,184
    rank among US surnames
    1,530
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14%
    change since 2000 (was #18,847)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,177Albury1,531201,663
    #18,184Colvard1,530201,794

    Who is named Severt

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

    95% of people named Severt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Severt

    Severt has the Soundex code S163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S163.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Severt?
    1,530 people in the United States had the surname Severt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. It ranked 18,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Severt?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Severt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Severt getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,530 in 2010, up 14%.