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    The surname Days

    A surname, carried by 1,678 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D200

    Days: #16,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Days #16,944, 1,678 people Days: #16,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Days #16,944, 1,678 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Days is more common than 89.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,678 people named Days in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,996 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,693.

    #16,944
    rank among US surnames
    1,678
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #15,796)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,939McBean1,679183,887
    #16,944Pico1,678183,996
    #16,953Chittum1,677184,106

    Who is named Days

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

    67% of people named Days identified as Black (not Hispanic), 26% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 67%
    • White (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Days

    Days has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Days?
    1,678 people in the United States had the surname Days in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,996 Americans. It ranked 16,944th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Days?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Days identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 26% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Days getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,678 in 2010, down 0.9%.