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The surname Darga

A surname, carried by 593 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D620

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Darga is more common than 76.9% of them.

Origin

From short forms of various Pomeranian Slavic personal names such as Dargorad and Dargoslav/Dargosław, from Proto-Slavic *dorgъ.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 593 people named Darga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 520,650 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 579.

#37,544
rank among US surnames
593
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+2.4%
change since 2000 (was #36,463)

Who is named Darga

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Darga identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Darga

Darga has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

Questions

Where does the surname Darga come from?
From short forms of various Pomeranian Slavic personal names such as Dargorad and Dargoslav/Dargosław, from Proto-Slavic *dorgъ.
How common is the surname Darga?
593 people in the United States had the surname Darga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 520,650 Americans. It ranked 37,544th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Darga?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Darga identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Darga getting more or less common?
More common. 579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 593 in 2010, up 2.4%.