How common is the surname Tovar?

32,760 people in the United States had the surname Tovar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,424 Americans. It ranked 1,070th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tovar?

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

Where is the surname Tovar most common?

Wikidata records people named Tovar in Colombia.

Is the surname Tovar getting more or less common?

More common. 23,743 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,760 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Tovar

A Spanish surname, carried by 32,760 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tovar is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

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 32,760 people named Tovar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,424 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,743.

#1,070

rank among US surnames

32,760

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+38%

change since 2000 (was #1,370)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,061	Velasco	33,078	9,334
#1,062	Ngo	33,005	9,355
#1,063	Cheng	32,982	9,361
#1,064	Newell	32,909	9,382
#1,065	Frey	32,904	9,383
#1,066	Carney	32,897	9,385
#1,067	Barrios	32,873	9,392

Who is named Tovar

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

94% of people named Tovar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Tovars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez
2nd runner up Miss Universe 2016

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Tovar

Tobar

Tovar has the Soundex code T160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T160.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tovar come from?: Tovar is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Tovar?: 32,760 people in the United States had the surname Tovar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,424 Americans. It ranked 1,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tovar?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tovar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tovar?: Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez, 2nd runner up Miss Universe 2016.
Where is the surname Tovar most common?: Wikidata records people named Tovar in Colombia.
Is the surname Tovar getting more or less common?: More common. 23,743 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,760 in 2010, up 38%.