Caviness Surname

104,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,507 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Monaco

Caviness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caviness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4871:80,7809,182
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Monaco11:37,0664,748
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2271:221,22818,802

Caviness (16) may also be a first name.

Caviness Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Caviness Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Caviness is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Caviness click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Caviness? popularity and diffusion

The surname Caviness is the 104,175th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,616,939 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Caviness live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. Caviness is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 16 people.

Caviness is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 4,487 people, or 1 in 80,780. In The United States Caviness is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 25 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Caviness exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Caviness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Caviness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Caviness surname rose 1,977 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Caviness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Caviness last name are 12.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.95% registered with the party.

The amount Caviness earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.43% less than the national average, earning $40,374 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.94% more than the national average, earning $50,148 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Caviness
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