The Taveras surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,580 people carried this name — #3,706 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,800 people counted. That is up 46% from 6,559 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Taveras surname

Borrowed from Spanish Taveras. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Taveras» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 62 people named Taveras live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 33
Buenos Aires Province 29

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

58 people named Taveras live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Ticino 9
Geneva 7
Basel-Stadt 6
Bern 5
St. Gallen 5
Aargau 4
Vaud 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Taveras in American newspapers,
1878–1900.

Newspaper page from Lyon County Times carrying the name Taveras
Lyon County Times 1878-11-20
Newspaper page from Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico carrying the name Taveras
Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico 1900-04-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,789 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Taveras,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States9 records

9 records of the Taveras name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Adela D. Taveras

    Born 1912 in San Jose, Dominican Republic. Entered the United States at San Juan in 1949. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria R. Taveras

    Born 1907 in Dominican Republic. Entered the United States in 1952. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Pedro M. Taveras

    Born 1894 in Portugal. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Taveras in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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