Explore the Family Name Sovereign

The meaning of Sovereign

Americanized form of an unidentified German surname, in North America first recorded as Zafrein and Zofrin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname "Sovereign" has maintained its relative popularity over the years 2000 to 2010. In 2000, this surname was ranked 41,262 in terms of popularity and it slightly declined to rank 41,426 by 2010, a change of -0.4. The actual count of individuals with the surname increased from 498 to 525 during this period, marking a growth of 5.42 percent. The proportion per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.18.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,262	#41,426	-0.4%
Count	498	525	5.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.18	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sovereign

The ethnic identity associated with the surname "Sovereign" also shows some interesting shifts between the years 2000 and 2010, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of the bearers of this name identified as White, although there was a slight decrease from 96.18 percent in 2000 to 95.05 percent in 2010. There was a notable rise in those identifying as Hispanic, from 1 percent in 2000 to 1.33 percent a decade later. Identification as being of two or more races decreased from 1.41 percent to 1.14 percent. A new development was the appearance of the Asian/Pacific Islander category in 2010, representing 0.95 percent of the "Sovereign" surname bearers. No identification with Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities was recorded for this surname in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.18%	95.05%	-1.17%
Hispanic	1%	1.33%	33%
Two or More Races	1.41%	1.14%	-19.15%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.95%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%