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The AVIS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,388 12004 0.001 9
United States (1880 census) 486 9907 0.001 10
Change since 1880 +1902 -2097 0 -1
Other Countries
Australia 270 5738 0.002 17
United Kingdom 1,710 3362 0.004 37
Top States for AVIS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 263 13136 0.001 8
Florida 204 12155 0.001 13
Iowa 149 3920 0.005 51
Michigan 136 12703 0.001 14
Colorado 125 6067 0.003 29
Top States for AVIS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Iowa 149 3920 0.005 51
West Virginia 59 4170 0.003 33
Colorado 125 6067 0.003 29
Kentucky 114 5116 0.003 28
Utah 51 6163 0.002 23

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

Classification and Origin of AVIS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the AVIS 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 AVIS 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 AVIS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 251 10.51
White (Hispanic) 106 4.44
Mixed Race 38 1.59
Asian/Pacific 25 1.05
Native American/Alaskan 10 0.42
White (Caucasian) 1,958 81.99

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

Meaning of AVIS in historical publications

Avis, in French, is a projector, schemer, busy-body. Avus, Latin, a grandfather, ancestor. Avis, a bird.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


BE AVIS. See Bevis.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to AVIS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as AVIS.

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 AVIS

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