How common is the surname Devoe?

5,118 people in the United States had the surname Devoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,325 Americans. It ranked 6,618th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Devoe?

Diana DeVoe, American pornographic actress, followed by Emma Smith DeVoe.

Where is the surname Devoe most common?

Wikidata records people named Devoe in the United States.

Is the surname Devoe getting more or less common?

About as common. 5,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,118 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Devoe

A surname, carried by 5,118 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Devoe is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,118 people named Devoe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,325 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,118.

#6,618

rank among US surnames

5,118

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #6,164)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,612	Shaner	5,121	60,290
#6,613	Kellar	5,120	60,302
#6,616	Detweiler	5,119	60,314
#6,618	Reams	5,118	60,325
#6,620	Westerman	5,117	60,337

Who is named Devoe

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

81% of people named Devoe identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Devoes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Diana DeVoe
American pornographic actress, born 1980
Emma Smith DeVoe
American suffragette, 1848–1927

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Devoe

Devoe 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 Devoe?: 5,118 people in the United States had the surname Devoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,325 Americans. It ranked 6,618th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Devoe?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Devoe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Devoe?: Diana DeVoe, American pornographic actress, followed by Emma Smith DeVoe.
Where is the surname Devoe most common?: Wikidata records people named Devoe in the United States.
Is the surname Devoe getting more or less common?: About as common. 5,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,118 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.