How common is the surname Deforge?

1,105 people in the United States had the surname Deforge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. It ranked 23,100th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Deforge?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Deforge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Deforge?

Anna DeForge, American basketball player.

Where is the surname Deforge most common?

Wikidata records people named Deforge in Montenegro.

Is the surname Deforge getting more or less common?

More common. 1,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,105 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Deforge

A surname, carried by 1,105 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deforge is more common than 85.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,105 people named Deforge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,098.

#23,100

rank among US surnames

1,105

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #22,011)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#23,096	Lade	1,106	279,155
#23,100	Huckabay	1,105	279,408

Who is named Deforge

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

94% of people named Deforge identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Deforges

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anna DeForge
American basketball player, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deforge

DeForest

Deforge has the Soundex code D162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D162.

Questions

How common is the surname Deforge?: 1,105 people in the United States had the surname Deforge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. It ranked 23,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deforge?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Deforge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Deforge?: Anna DeForge, American basketball player.
Where is the surname Deforge most common?: Wikidata records people named Deforge in Montenegro.
Is the surname Deforge getting more or less common?: More common. 1,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,105 in 2010, up 0.6%.