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The surname Talavera

A surname, carried by 7,777 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex T416

Talavera: #4,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Talavera #4,559, 7,777 people Talavera: #4,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Talavera #4,559, 7,777 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Talavera is more common than 97.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,777 people named Talavera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,700 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,615.

#4,559
rank among US surnames
7,777
people in 2010
2.6
per 100,000 Americans
+38.5%
change since 2000 (was #5,670)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#4,550Wooldridge7,78839,644
#4,553Vargo7,78739,649
#4,554Kremer7,78439,664
#4,555Basile7,78339,669
#4,556Yeung7,78239,674
#4,557Lilley7,78039,685
#4,558Poling7,77939,690

Who is named Talavera

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

89% of people named Talavera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.3%
  • Two or more races 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Talavera

Talavera has the Soundex code T416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T416.

Questions

How common is the surname Talavera?
7,777 people in the United States had the surname Talavera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,700 Americans. It ranked 4,559th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Talavera?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Talavera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Talavera getting more or less common?
More common. 5,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,777 in 2010, up 39%.