How common is the surname Darwish?

1,439 people in the United States had the surname Darwish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. It ranked 18,961st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Darwish?

Nonie Darwish, American activist, followed by Tiffany.

Where is the surname Darwish most common?

Wikidata records people named Darwish in the United States.

Is the surname Darwish getting more or less common?

More common. 1,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,439 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Darwish

A surname, carried by 1,439 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Darwish is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,439 people named Darwish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,087.

#18,961

rank among US surnames

1,439

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+32.4%

change since 2000 (was #22,174)

Who is named Darwish

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

83% of people named Darwish identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as two or more races and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Two or more races 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Darwishs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nonie Darwish
American activist, born 1949
Tiffany
American singer, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Darwish

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

Questions

How common is the surname Darwish?: 1,439 people in the United States had the surname Darwish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. It ranked 18,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Darwish?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Darwish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Darwish?: Nonie Darwish, American activist, followed by Tiffany.
Where is the surname Darwish most common?: Wikidata records people named Darwish in the United States.
Is the surname Darwish getting more or less common?: More common. 1,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,439 in 2010, up 32%.