How common is the surname Divine?

2,926 people in the United States had the surname Divine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,518 Americans. It ranked 10,890th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Divine getting more or less common?

More common. 2,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,926 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Divine

A surname, carried by 2,926 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Divine is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,926 people named Divine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,518 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,788.

#10,890

rank among US surnames

2,926

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,557)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,882	Marciano	2,929	105,410
#10,886	Nova	2,928	105,446
#10,889	Linker	2,927	105,482
#10,890	Divine	2,926	105,518
#10,891	Lesley	2,925	105,554
#10,894	Jelinek	2,924	105,590
#10,897	Honey	2,923	105,626

Who is named Divine

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

84% of people named Divine identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Divine

Devine

Divine has the Soundex code D150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D150.

Questions

How common is the surname Divine?: 2,926 people in the United States had the surname Divine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,518 Americans. It ranked 10,890th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Divine?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Divine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Divine getting more or less common?: More common. 2,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,926 in 2010, up 4.9%.