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    The surname Dewall

    A surname, carried by 1,280 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D400

    Dewall: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dewall #20,676, 1,280 people Dewall: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dewall #20,676, 1,280 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dewall is more common than 87.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,280 people named Dewall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,159.

    #20,676
    rank among US surnames
    1,280
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #21,113)

    Who is named Dewall

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

    98% of people named Dewall identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dewall

    Dewall has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dewall?
    1,280 people in the United States had the surname Dewall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. It ranked 20,676th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dewall?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Dewall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Dewall getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,280 in 2010, up 10%.