# Darden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/darden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,414 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,683 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,017 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (12,652 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Darden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Darden in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Darden

- Christine Darden, African-American mathematician, aerospace engineer
- Dexter Darden, American actor
- Tremmell Darden, American basketball player (born 1981)
- Christopher Darden, American lawyer
- Colgate Darden, American congressman and governor of Virginia (1897-1981)
- Severn Darden, American actor (1929–1995)
- Paul Darden, American poker player
- Koen Daerden, Belgian association football player

## Similar surnames

Durden, Dryden, Dearden, Drayton, Dorton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.