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    The surname Deveau

    A surname, carried by 1,822 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D100

    Deveau: #15,947 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deveau #15,947, 1,822 people Deveau: #15,947 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deveau #15,947, 1,822 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deveau is more common than 90.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,822 people named Deveau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,454 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,815.

    #15,947
    rank among US surnames
    1,822
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,938Allyn1,823169,361
    #15,947Butner1,822169,454
    #15,955Brightman1,821169,547

    Who is named Deveau

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

    93% of people named Deveau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Deveau

    Deveau has the Soundex code D100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Deveau?
    1,822 people in the United States had the surname Deveau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,454 Americans. It ranked 15,947th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deveau?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Deveau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Deveau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,822 in 2010, up 0.4%.