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    The surname Demara

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 533 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D560

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Demara is more common than 74.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Demara, possibly a habitational surname from a place in Aragon. * Altered form of French Desmarais.

    Demara is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 533 people named Demara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 499.

    #40,909
    rank among US surnames
    533
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #41,203)

    Who is named Demara

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

    51% of people named Demara identified as white (not Hispanic), 46% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 46%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Demara

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Demara come from?
    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Demara, possibly a habitational surname from a place in Aragon. * Altered form of French Desmarais.
    How common is the surname Demara?
    533 people in the United States had the surname Demara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. It ranked 40,909th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Demara?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Demara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 46% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Demara?
    Demara is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Demara getting more or less common?
    More common. 499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 533 in 2010, up 6.8%.