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    The surname Zaveri

    A Gujarati surname, carried by 609 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex Z160

    Zaveri: #36,695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Zaveri #36,695, 609 people Zaveri: #36,695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Zaveri #36,695, 609 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zaveri is more common than 77.4% of them.

    Origin

    Gujarati origin

    Borrowed from Gujarati ઝવેરી (jhaverī, “jeweler”), from Persian جواهری (javâheri, “jeweller”), borrowed from Arabic جَوَاهِر (jawāhir), ultimately borrowed from Early Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar, “jewel, gem, pearl, essence”)

    One of 18 Gujarati surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 609 people named Zaveri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 403.

    #36,695
    rank among US surnames
    609
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +51.1%
    change since 2000 (was #49,057)

    Who is named Zaveri

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

    94% of people named Zaveri identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.6% as two or more races and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Zaveri has the Soundex code Z160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z160.

    Other Gujarati surnames

    All 18 Gujarati surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Zaveri come from?
    Borrowed from Gujarati ઝવેરી (jhaverī, “jeweler”), from Persian جواهری (javâheri, “jeweller”), borrowed from Arabic جَوَاهِر (jawāhir), ultimately borrowed from Early Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar, “jewel, gem, pearl, essence”)
    How common is the surname Zaveri?
    609 people in the United States had the surname Zaveri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. It ranked 36,695th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zaveri?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zaveri identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Zaveri getting more or less common?
    More common. 403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 609 in 2010, up 51%.
    What are other spellings of Zaveri?
    Jhaveri.