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    The surname Dorvil

    A surname, carried by 1,162 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D614

    Dorvil: #22,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dorvil #22,201, 1,162 people Dorvil: #22,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dorvil #22,201, 1,162 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorvil is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,162 people named Dorvil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 682.

    #22,201
    rank among US surnames
    1,162
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +70.4%
    change since 2000 (was #31,958)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,194Ramanathan1,163265,473
    #22,201Janak1,162265,702

    Who is named Dorvil

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

    93% of people named Dorvil identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.0% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dorvil

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dorvil?
    1,162 people in the United States had the surname Dorvil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. It ranked 22,201st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dorvil?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dorvil identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Dorvil getting more or less common?
    More common. 682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,162 in 2010, up 70%.