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The surname Derouen

A surname, carried by 2,911 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D650

Derouen: #10,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Derouen #10,935, 2,911 people Derouen: #10,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Derouen #10,935, 2,911 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Derouen is more common than 93.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,911 people named Derouen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,062 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,588.

#10,935
rank among US surnames
2,911
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+12.5%
change since 2000 (was #11,227)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,931Cordon2,912106,025
#10,935Furey2,911106,062
#10,942McKinnie2,910106,098

Who is named Derouen

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

74% of people named Derouen identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 74%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
  • Two or more races 2.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Derouen

Derouen has the Soundex code D650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D650.

Questions

How common is the surname Derouen?
2,911 people in the United States had the surname Derouen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,062 Americans. It ranked 10,935th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Derouen?
In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Derouen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Derouen getting more or less common?
More common. 2,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,911 in 2010, up 13%.