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    The surname Demay

    A surname, carried by 1,286 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D500

    Demay: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Demay #20,601, 1,286 people Demay: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Demay #20,601, 1,286 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Demay is more common than 87.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,286 people named Demay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. That is down 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,413.

    #20,601
    rank among US surnames
    1,286
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9%
    change since 2000 (was #18,165)

    Who is named Demay

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

    96% of people named Demay identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Demay

    Demay has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Demay?
    1,286 people in the United States had the surname Demay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Demay?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Demay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Demay getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, down 9.0%.