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The surname Deveaux

A French surname, carried by 1,173 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D120

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deveaux is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Deveaux.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,173 people named Deveaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 263,210 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,114.

#22,081
rank among US surnames
1,173
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+5.3%
change since 2000 (was #21,776)

Who is named Deveaux

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

68% of people named Deveaux identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • Black (not Hispanic) 68%
  • White (not Hispanic) 22%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Deveaux come from?
Borrowed from French Deveaux.
How common is the surname Deveaux?
1,173 people in the United States had the surname Deveaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,210 Americans. It ranked 22,081st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deveaux?
In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Deveaux identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Deveaux getting more or less common?
More common. 1,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,173 in 2010, up 5.3%.