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    The surname Defoor

    A surname, carried by 1,320 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D160

    Defoor: #20,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Defoor #20,192, 1,320 people Defoor: #20,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Defoor #20,192, 1,320 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Defoor is more common than 87.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,320 people named Defoor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,898 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,268.

    #20,192
    rank among US surnames
    1,320
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,672)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,183Cusano1,321233,721
    #20,192Ruppe1,320233,898
    #20,201Redington1,319234,075

    Who is named Defoor

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

    90% of people named Defoor identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    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 Defoor

    Defoor has the Soundex code D160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Defoor?
    1,320 people in the United States had the surname Defoor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,898 Americans. It ranked 20,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Defoor?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Defoor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Defoor getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,320 in 2010, up 4.1%.