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The surname Demuth

A surname, carried by 2,643 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D530

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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). Demuth is more common than 92.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,643 people named Demuth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,816 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,636.

#11,843
rank among US surnames
2,643
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+0.3%
change since 2000 (was #11,060)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,836Sethi2,645116,728
#11,839Begin2,644116,772
#11,843Demuth2,643116,816
#11,846Nordin2,642116,861

Who is named Demuth

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

96% of people named Demuth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Demuth

Demuth has the Soundex code D530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D530.

Questions

How common is the surname Demuth?
2,643 people in the United States had the surname Demuth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,816 Americans. It ranked 11,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Demuth?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Demuth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Demuth getting more or less common?
More common. 2,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,643 in 2010, up 0.3%.