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    The surname Shaver

    A surname, carried by 16,972 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S160

    Shaver: #2,135 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Shaver #2,135, 16,972 people Shaver: #2,135 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shaver #2,135, 16,972 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shaver is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,972 people named Shaver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,191 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,716.

    #2,135
    rank among US surnames
    16,972
    people in 2010
    5.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #1,987)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,127Read17,04818,110
    #2,128Hobson17,04318,116
    #2,129Bustos17,04018,119
    #2,130Benedict17,03618,123
    #2,131Vandyke17,03018,130
    #2,132Troyer16,98118,182
    #2,133Ham16,98018,183

    Who is named Shaver

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

    91% of people named Shaver identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shavers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Billy Joe Shaver
      American country singer (1939–2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shaver

    Shaver 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 Shaver?
    16,972 people in the United States had the surname Shaver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,191 Americans. It ranked 2,135th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shaver?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Shaver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shaver?
    Billy Joe Shaver, American country singer (1939–2020).
    Where is the surname Shaver most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shaver in the United States.
    Is the surname Shaver getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,972 in 2010, up 1.5%.