How common is the surname DeVita?

2,472 people in the United States had the surname DeVita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,897 Americans. It ranked 12,536th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname DeVita?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named DeVita identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname DeVita getting more or less common?

More common. 2,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,472 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname DeVita

A surname, carried by 2,472 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DeVita is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,472 people named DeVita in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,897 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,269.

#12,536

rank among US surnames

2,472

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,524)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,531	Pompey	2,473	124,847
#12,536	Dahlin	2,472	124,897
#12,540	Volker	2,471	124,948
#12,541	Fairman	2,470	124,998

Who is named DeVita

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

92% of people named DeVita identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like DeVita

DeVita has the Soundex code D130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D130.

Questions

How common is the surname DeVita?: 2,472 people in the United States had the surname DeVita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,897 Americans. It ranked 12,536th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DeVita?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named DeVita identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname DeVita getting more or less common?: More common. 2,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,472 in 2010, up 8.9%.