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    The surname Vavra

    A surname, carried by 1,813 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V160

    Vavra: #16,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vavra #16,012, 1,813 people Vavra: #16,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vavra #16,012, 1,813 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vavra is more common than 90.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,813 people named Vavra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,295 Americans. That is down 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,909.

    #16,012
    rank among US surnames
    1,813
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,383)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,004Portnoy1,814170,202
    #16,012Hysell1,813170,295
    #16,018Provencio1,812170,389

    Who is named Vavra

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

    97% of people named Vavra identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vavra?
    1,813 people in the United States had the surname Vavra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,295 Americans. It ranked 16,012th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vavra?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vavra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Vavra getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,909 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,813 in 2010, down 5.0%.