How common is the surname Tavares?

12,766 people in the United States had the surname Tavares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,185 Americans. It ranked 2,825th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tavares?

In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Tavares identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tavares?

Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares, Angolan writer and poet, followed by Marcos Tavares.

Where is the surname Tavares most common?

Wikidata records people named Tavares in Brazil, the United States and Angola and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Tavares getting more or less common?

More common. 10,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,766 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Tavares

A Portuguese surname, carried by 12,766 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tavares is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

From Portuguese Tavares

One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,766 people named Tavares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,185 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,583.

#2,825

rank among US surnames

12,766

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+20.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,130)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,816	Aiken	12,812	24,098
#2,817	Caron	12,810	24,102
#2,818	Snodgrass	12,806	24,109
#2,819	Gaffney	12,805	24,111
#2,820	Babb	12,794	24,132
#2,821	Denney	12,792	24,136
#2,822	Schofield	12,790	24,140

Who is named Tavares

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

52% of people named Tavares identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Two or more races 4.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tavaress

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares
Angolan writer and poet, born 1952
Marcos Tavares
Brazilian footballer, born 1984
Fernanda Tavares
Brazilian model, born 1980
Brad Tavares
American martial artist, born 1987
Chelsea Tavares
American actress, born 1991
Elzira Tavares
Angolan handball player, born 1980
Maria da Conceição Tavares
Brazilian economist (1930–2024)
Laura Tavares
American biathlete, born 1965
Fabinho
Brazilian association football player (born 1993)
Lio
Belgian actress and singer, born 1962
Camila Queiroz
Brazilian actress, model and TV presenter, born 1993

Notable Tavaress come mostly from Brazil (4), the United States (3) and Angola (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tavares

Tavares has the Soundex code T162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T162.

Other Portuguese surnames

All 71 Portuguese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tavares come from?: From Portuguese Tavares
How common is the surname Tavares?: 12,766 people in the United States had the surname Tavares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,185 Americans. It ranked 2,825th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tavares?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Tavares identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tavares?: Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares, Angolan writer and poet, followed by Marcos Tavares.
Where is the surname Tavares most common?: Wikidata records people named Tavares in Brazil, the United States and Angola and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Tavares getting more or less common?: More common. 10,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,766 in 2010, up 21%.