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    The surname Devoy

    An Irish surname, carried by 685 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D100

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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). Devoy is more common than 79.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Dubhuidhe, a personal name probably derived from dubh (“dark”) + buidhe (“sallow”).

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 685 people named Devoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 450,723 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 701.

    #33,343
    rank among US surnames
    685
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #31,271)

    Who is named Devoy

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

    94% of people named Devoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 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 Devoy

    Devoy has the Soundex code D100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D100.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Devoy come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Dubhuidhe, a personal name probably derived from dubh (“dark”) + buidhe (“sallow”).
    How common is the surname Devoy?
    685 people in the United States had the surname Devoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 450,723 Americans. It ranked 33,343rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Devoy?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Devoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Devoy getting more or less common?
    Less common. 701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 685 in 2010, down 2.3%.