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    The surname Devault

    A surname, carried by 3,476 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D143

    Devault: #9,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Devault #9,357, 3,476 people Devault: #9,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Devault #9,357, 3,476 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Devault is more common than 94.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,476 people named Devault in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,822 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,517.

    #9,357
    rank among US surnames
    3,476
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,613)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,350Hepburn3,47988,745
    #9,352McCammon3,47888,771
    #9,355Acord3,47788,797
    #9,357Devault3,47688,822
    #9,361Mundt3,47588,848
    #9,365Callison3,47488,873
    #9,366Wear3,47388,899

    Who is named Devault

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

    88% of people named Devault identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • 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 Devault

    Devault has the Soundex code D143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D143.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Devault?
    3,476 people in the United States had the surname Devault in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,822 Americans. It ranked 9,357th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Devault?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Devault identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Devault getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,476 in 2010, down 1.2%.