How common is the surname Tavarez?

10,201 people in the United States had the surname Tavarez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,266 Americans. It ranked 3,503rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tavarez getting more or less common?

More common. 6,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,201 in 2010, up 53%.

The surname Tavarez

A surname, carried by 10,201 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). Tavarez is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,201 people named Tavarez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,266 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,690.

#3,503

rank among US surnames

10,201

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+52.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,817)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,494	Weems	10,231	30,177
#3,495	McCallum	10,229	30,183
#3,496	Neil	10,228	30,186
#3,497	Leger	10,221	30,207
#3,498	Wayne	10,215	30,225
#3,499	Mendenhall	10,213	30,231
#3,502	Dorn	10,206	30,251

Who is named Tavarez

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

95% of people named Tavarez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Two or more races 0.1%
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 Tavarez

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

Questions

How common is the surname Tavarez?: 10,201 people in the United States had the surname Tavarez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,266 Americans. It ranked 3,503rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tavarez?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tavarez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tavarez getting more or less common?: More common. 6,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,201 in 2010, up 53%.