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    The surname Devore

    A surname, carried by 11,445 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D160

    Devore: #3,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Devore #3,157, 11,445 people Devore: #3,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Devore #3,157, 11,445 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Devore is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,445 people named Devore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,976 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,040.

    #3,157
    rank among US surnames
    11,445
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,005)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,148Newby11,48326,887
    #3,149Lor11,47926,897
    #3,150Sample11,47126,915
    #3,151Barbee11,47026,918
    #3,152Butterfield11,46826,922
    #3,153Franz11,46226,936
    #3,154Keane11,45926,943

    Who is named Devore

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

    86% of people named Devore identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Devores

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dorothy Devore
      American actress (1899–1976)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Devore

    Devore has the Soundex code D160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Devore?
    11,445 people in the United States had the surname Devore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,976 Americans. It ranked 3,157th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Devore?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Devore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Devore?
    Dorothy Devore, American actress (1899–1976).
    Where is the surname Devore most common?
    Wikidata records people named Devore in the United States.
    Is the surname Devore getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,040 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,445 in 2010, up 3.7%.