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The surname Degraff

A surname, carried by 2,273 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D261

Degraff: #13,407 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Degraff #13,407, 2,273 people Degraff: #13,407 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Degraff #13,407, 2,273 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Degraff is more common than 91.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,273 people named Degraff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,832 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,424.

#13,407
rank among US surnames
2,273
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
-6.2%
change since 2000 (was #11,837)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,407Brendel2,273135,832
#13,413Weingarten2,272135,892

Who is named Degraff

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

87% of people named Degraff identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 87%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Degraff

Degraff has the Soundex code D261, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D261.

Questions

How common is the surname Degraff?
2,273 people in the United States had the surname Degraff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,832 Americans. It ranked 13,407th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Degraff?
In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Degraff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Degraff getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,273 in 2010, down 6.2%.