How common is the surname Shawver?

2,656 people in the United States had the surname Shawver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,245 Americans. It ranked 11,793rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shawver getting more or less common?

More common. 2,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,656 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Shawver

A surname, carried by 2,656 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). Shawver is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,656 people named Shawver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,245 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,611.

#11,793

rank among US surnames

2,656

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,146)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,789	Sweigart	2,658	116,157
#11,792	Grossi	2,657	116,201
#11,793	Leavell	2,656	116,245
#11,797	Borman	2,655	116,288
#11,799	Janda	2,654	116,332
#11,801	Feagin	2,653	116,376

Who is named Shawver

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

94% of people named Shawver identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shawver

Shawver 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 Shawver?: 2,656 people in the United States had the surname Shawver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,245 Americans. It ranked 11,793rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shawver?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shawver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shawver getting more or less common?: More common. 2,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,656 in 2010, up 1.7%.