The surname Defoe
A patronymic surname, carried by 1,848 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D100
Origin
An English surname originating as a patronymic.
Defoe is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,848 people named Defoe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,070 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,728.
Who is named Defoe
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
68% of people named Defoe identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 68%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 15%
- Black (not Hispanic) 11%
- Two or more races 3.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Defoe has the Soundex code D100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D100.
Questions
- How common is the surname Defoe?
- 1,848 people in the United States had the surname Defoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,070 Americans. It ranked 15,771st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Defoe?
- In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Defoe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- What type of surname is Defoe?
- Defoe is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Defoe getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,848 in 2010, up 6.9%.