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The surname Demko

A surname, carried by 1,976 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D520

Demko: #14,965 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Demko #14,965, 1,976 people Demko: #14,965 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Demko #14,965, 1,976 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Demko is more common than 90.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,976 people named Demko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,248 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,940.

#14,965
rank among US surnames
1,976
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.9%
change since 2000 (was #14,200)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,957Toone1,977156,169
#14,965Smathers1,976156,248
#14,970Hagopian1,975156,327

Who is named Demko

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

95% of people named Demko identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
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 Demko

Demko has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Questions

How common is the surname Demko?
1,976 people in the United States had the surname Demko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,248 Americans. It ranked 14,965th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Demko?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Demko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Demko getting more or less common?
More common. 1,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,976 in 2010, up 1.9%.