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The surname Devinney

A surname, carried by 1,398 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D150

Devinney: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Devinney #19,348, 1,398 people Devinney: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Devinney #19,348, 1,398 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Devinney is more common than 88.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,398 people named Devinney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,310.

#19,348
rank among US surnames
1,398
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+6.7%
change since 2000 (was #19,174)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,341Knapik1,399220,690
#19,348Casarrubias1,398220,848

Who is named Devinney

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

93% of people named Devinney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Devinney

Devinney has the Soundex code D150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D150.

Questions

How common is the surname Devinney?
1,398 people in the United States had the surname Devinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. It ranked 19,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Devinney?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Devinney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Devinney getting more or less common?
More common. 1,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,398 in 2010, up 6.7%.