How common is the surname Delva?

1,869 people in the United States had the surname Delva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,193 Americans. It ranked 15,635th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Delva?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Delva identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Delva getting more or less common?

More common. 1,172 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,869 in 2010, up 60%.

The surname Delva

A surname, carried by 1,869 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delva is more common than 90.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,869 people named Delva in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,193 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,172.

#15,635

rank among US surnames

1,869

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+59.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,923)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,635	Strawbridge	1,869	165,193
#15,639	Diazdeleon	1,868	165,281

Who is named Delva

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

88% of people named Delva identified as Black (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Two or more races 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Delva

Delva has the Soundex code D410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D410.

Questions

How common is the surname Delva?: 1,869 people in the United States had the surname Delva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,193 Americans. It ranked 15,635th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Delva?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Delva identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Delva getting more or less common?: More common. 1,172 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,869 in 2010, up 60%.