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The surname Demby

A surname, carried by 1,423 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D510

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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). Demby is more common than 88.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,423 people named Demby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,968 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,380.

#19,114
rank among US surnames
1,423
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+3.1%
change since 2000 (was #18,473)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,105Rosenau1,424216,816
#19,114Sereno1,423216,968
#19,123Winebarger1,422217,121

Who is named Demby

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

70% of people named Demby identified as Black (not Hispanic), 23% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 70%
  • White (not Hispanic) 23%
  • Two or more races 4.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
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 Demby

Demby has the Soundex code D510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D510.

Questions

How common is the surname Demby?
1,423 people in the United States had the surname Demby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,968 Americans. It ranked 19,114th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Demby?
In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Demby identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 23% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Demby getting more or less common?
More common. 1,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,423 in 2010, up 3.1%.