The surname Taveras
A Spanish surname, carried by 9,580 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex T162
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Taveras. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 9,580 people named Taveras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,228 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,559.
Who is named Taveras
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Taveras identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
- 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
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Taveras has the Soundex code T162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T162.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Taveras come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Taveras. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.
- How common is the surname Taveras?
- 9,580 people in the United States had the surname Taveras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,228 Americans. It ranked 3,706th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Taveras?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Taveras identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Taveras getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,580 in 2010, up 46%.