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    The surname Decuir

    A surname, carried by 1,416 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D260

    Decuir: #19,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Decuir #19,177, 1,416 people Decuir: #19,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Decuir #19,177, 1,416 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Decuir is more common than 88.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,416 people named Decuir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,041 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,348.

    #19,177
    rank among US surnames
    1,416
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #18,791)

    Who is named Decuir

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

    51% of people named Decuir identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Decuir

    Decuir has the Soundex code D260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Decuir?
    1,416 people in the United States had the surname Decuir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,041 Americans. It ranked 19,177th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Decuir?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Decuir identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Decuir getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,416 in 2010, up 5.0%.