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    The surname Dorval

    A French surname, carried by 1,157 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D614

    Dorval: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dorval #22,281, 1,157 people Dorval: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dorval #22,281, 1,157 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorval is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Dorval.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,157 people named Dorval in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 928.

    #22,281
    rank among US surnames
    1,157
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.7%
    change since 2000 (was #25,076)

    Who is named Dorval

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

    53% of people named Dorval identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    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 Dorval

    Dorval has the Soundex code D614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D614.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dorval come from?
    From French Dorval.
    How common is the surname Dorval?
    1,157 people in the United States had the surname Dorval in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. It ranked 22,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dorval?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Dorval identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dorval getting more or less common?
    More common. 928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,157 in 2010, up 25%.