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The NEVENS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 250 72466 0 1
United States (1880 census) 349 12749 0.001 7
Change since 1880 -99 -59717 +N/A -6
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 63 25466 0 1
Top States for NEVENS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 72 29152 0.000 2
Massachusetts 27 25178 0.000 4
New York 24 66204 0.000 1
Illinois 13 82811 0.000 1
Florida 12 102986 0.000 1
Top States for NEVENS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 10 12777 0.001 8
Massachusetts 27 25178 0.000 4
New Hampshire 4 31565 0.000 3
Wisconsin 12 53539 0.000 2
California 72 29152 0.000 2

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called NEVENS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called NEVENS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called NEVENS in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a NEVENS by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of NEVENS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the NEVENS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the NEVENS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of NEVENS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 211 84.4
Black/African American 32 12.8
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the NEVENS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of NEVENS in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of NEVENS.

Similar names to NEVENS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as NEVENS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for NEVENS

The following words are slight variants of NEVENS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.