How common is the surname Dewalt?

3,120 people in the United States had the surname Dewalt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,957 Americans. It ranked 10,326th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dewalt getting more or less common?

More common. 2,974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,120 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Dewalt

A surname, carried by 3,120 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dewalt is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,120 people named Dewalt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,957 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,974.

#10,326

rank among US surnames

3,120

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,998)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,320	Merlo	3,122	98,894
#10,324	Joo	3,121	98,925
#10,326	Wegener	3,120	98,957
#10,331	Magruder	3,119	98,989
#10,332	Hauer	3,118	99,020
#10,334	Cheshire	3,117	99,052

Who is named Dewalt

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

64% of people named Dewalt identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dewalt

Dewalt has the Soundex code D430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D430.

Questions

How common is the surname Dewalt?: 3,120 people in the United States had the surname Dewalt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,957 Americans. It ranked 10,326th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dewalt?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Dewalt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dewalt getting more or less common?: More common. 2,974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,120 in 2010, up 4.9%.