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The surname Dauphin

A surname, carried by 1,646 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D150

Dauphin: #17,202 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dauphin #17,202, 1,646 people Dauphin: #17,202 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dauphin #17,202, 1,646 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dauphin is more common than 89.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,646 people named Dauphin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,573 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,482.

#17,202
rank among US surnames
1,646
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+11.1%
change since 2000 (was #17,521)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,193Vancleve1,647187,459
#17,202Entrekin1,646187,573

Who is named Dauphin

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

58% of people named Dauphin identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 58%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dauphin

Dauphin has the Soundex code D150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D150.

Questions

How common is the surname Dauphin?
1,646 people in the United States had the surname Dauphin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,573 Americans. It ranked 17,202nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dauphin?
In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Dauphin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dauphin getting more or less common?
More common. 1,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,646 in 2010, up 11%.