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

Caviness is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Caviness.

How Common Is The Last Name Caviness? popularity and diffusion

The last name Caviness is the 104,175th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,616,939 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Caviness are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Caviness is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 16 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,487 people, or 1 in 80,780. In The United States Caviness is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 25 percent are found, Texas, where 10 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Caviness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Caviness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Caviness last name increased 1,977 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Caviness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Caviness surname are 12.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US 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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