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    The surname Demar

    A surname, carried by 1,801 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D560

    Demar: #16,079 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Demar #16,079, 1,801 people Demar: #16,079 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Demar #16,079, 1,801 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Demar is more common than 90.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,801 people named Demar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,430 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,449.

    #16,079
    rank among US surnames
    1,801
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,813)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,071Vales1,802171,335
    #16,079Wynkoop1,801171,430
    #16,087Shehan1,800171,525

    Who is named Demar

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

    80% of people named Demar identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Demar

    Demar has the Soundex code D560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Demar?
    1,801 people in the United States had the surname Demar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,430 Americans. It ranked 16,079th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Demar?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Demar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Demar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,801 in 2010, up 24%.