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    The surname Derks

    A surname, carried by 1,190 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D620

    Derks: #21,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Derks #21,842, 1,190 people Derks: #21,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Derks #21,842, 1,190 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Derks is more common than 86.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,190 people named Derks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,450 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,137.

    #21,842
    rank among US surnames
    1,190
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,438)

    Who is named Derks

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

    95% of people named Derks identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Derks

    Derks has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Derks?
    1,190 people in the United States had the surname Derks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,450 Americans. It ranked 21,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Derks?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Derks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Derks getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,190 in 2010, up 4.7%.