# Tovar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tovar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 32,760 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,070 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,424 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (23,743 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tovar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tovar in Colombia.

## People named Tovar

- Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez, 2nd runner up Miss Universe 2016

## Similar surnames

Tobar, Tabor, Taber, Tupper, Tepper, Tavera, Topper, Tauber, Tapper, Tober, Tabora, Toepfer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.