How common is the surname Darrah?

3,410 people in the United States had the surname Darrah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,541 Americans. It ranked 9,531st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Darrah getting more or less common?

More common. 3,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,410 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Darrah

An Irish surname, carried by 3,410 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Darrah is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Darragh.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,410 people named Darrah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,541 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,316.

#9,531

rank among US surnames

3,410

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,064)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,525	Ang	3,413	90,462
#9,527	Catania	3,412	90,488
#9,529	Khang	3,411	90,515
#9,531	Carle	3,410	90,541
#9,535	Cardinale	3,409	90,568
#9,539	Eddington	3,408	90,594

Who is named Darrah

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

94% of people named Darrah identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Darrah

Darrah has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Darrah come from?: Variant of Darragh.
How common is the surname Darrah?: 3,410 people in the United States had the surname Darrah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,541 Americans. It ranked 9,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Darrah?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Darrah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Darrah getting more or less common?: More common. 3,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,410 in 2010, up 2.8%.