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    The surname Westervelt

    A surname, carried by 2,290 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W236

    Westervelt: #13,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Westervelt #13,322, 2,290 people Westervelt: #13,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Westervelt #13,322, 2,290 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westervelt is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,290 people named Westervelt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,823 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,219.

    #13,322
    rank among US surnames
    2,290
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,764)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,316Edler2,291134,765
    #13,322Trumbull2,290134,823
    #13,326Lamotte2,289134,882
    #13,330Bothwell2,288134,941

    Who is named Westervelt

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

    93% of people named Westervelt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Westervelt

    Westervelt has the Soundex code W236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Westervelt?
    2,290 people in the United States had the surname Westervelt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,823 Americans. It ranked 13,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Westervelt?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Westervelt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Westervelt getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,290 in 2010, up 3.2%.