The surname Vivar
A Spanish surname, carried by 3,158 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex V160
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Vivar; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
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 3,158 people named Vivar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,766 Americans. That is up 57% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,015.
Who is named Vivar
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Vivar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.6%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
- Two or more races 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Vivar
Vivar has the Soundex code V160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V160.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Vivar come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Vivar; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
- How common is the surname Vivar?
- 3,158 people in the United States had the surname Vivar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,766 Americans. It ranked 10,200th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vivar?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Vivar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Vivar getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,158 in 2010, up 57%.