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    The surname Daughtry

    A surname, carried by 5,816 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D236

    Daughtry: #5,925 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Daughtry #5,925, 5,816 people Daughtry: #5,925 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Daughtry #5,925, 5,816 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Daughtry is more common than 96.3% of them.

    Origin

    Reduced variant of Daughtery.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,816 people named Daughtry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,086 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,301.

    #5,925
    rank among US surnames
    5,816
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,980)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,922Montesdeoca5,82053,049
    #5,923Lanza5,81953,058
    #5,924Arceneaux5,81853,067
    #5,925Daughtry5,81653,086

    Who is named Daughtry

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

    65% of people named Daughtry identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Daughtrys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chris Daughtry
      American musician and American Idol contestant, born 1979
    • Leila Denmark
      American pediatrician (1898–2012)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Daughtry

    Daughtry has the Soundex code D236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D236.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Daughtry come from?
    Reduced variant of Daughtery.
    How common is the surname Daughtry?
    5,816 people in the United States had the surname Daughtry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,086 Americans. It ranked 5,925th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Daughtry?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Daughtry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Daughtry?
    Chris Daughtry, American musician and American Idol contestant, followed by Leila Denmark.
    Where is the surname Daughtry most common?
    Wikidata records people named Daughtry in the United States.
    Is the surname Daughtry getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,816 in 2010, up 9.7%.