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    The surname Devaughn

    A surname, carried by 2,099 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D125

    Devaughn: #14,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Devaughn #14,268, 2,099 people Devaughn: #14,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Devaughn #14,268, 2,099 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Devaughn is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,099 people named Devaughn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,092 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,017.

    #14,268
    rank among US surnames
    2,099
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,771)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,264Puls2,101146,952
    #14,267Petrus2,100147,022
    #14,268Devaughn2,099147,092
    #14,274Gillian2,098147,162

    Who is named Devaughn

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

    53% of people named Devaughn identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 53%
    • White (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    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 Devaughn

    Devaughn has the Soundex code D125, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D125.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Devaughn?
    2,099 people in the United States had the surname Devaughn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,092 Americans. It ranked 14,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Devaughn?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Devaughn identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Devaughn getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,099 in 2010, up 4.1%.