Explore the Family Name Erven

The meaning of Erven

1. North German and Dutch: patronymic from a variant of the ancient Germanic personal name Erb. 2. Dutch (also Van Erven): habitational name for someone from the village Herven or Gerwen in the province of North Brabant, or perhaps from the hamlet Nerhoven near Tilburg. 3. Scottish: variant of Irvine.

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How common is the last name Erven in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Erven has seen a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 48,196th in terms of popularity, but fell to 57,516th by 2010, marking a dip of 19.34%. Similarly, the number of people bearing this surname also decreased from 412 to 354 during this time period, signifying a downward shift of 14.08%. The proportion per 100k also reduced by 20%, moving from 0.15 to 0.12.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,196	#57,516	-19.34%
Count	412	354	-14.08%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.12	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Erven

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Erven also evolved over the decade, as indicated by the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 90.29% of the bearers identified as White, which increased slightly to 92.66% in 2010. The second-largest group, those identifying as Black, saw an increase from 2.91% to 3.39%. However, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic dropped from 2.18% to 1.69%. Notably, there were no recorded individuals with this surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native for both years. The percentage of those reporting two or more races also dropped to zero in 2010, after being at 4.13% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.29%	92.66%	2.62%
Black	2.91%	3.39%	16.49%
Hispanic	2.18%	1.69%	-22.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	4.13%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%