How common is the surname Doyon?

1,945 people in the United States had the surname Doyon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,738 Americans. It ranked 15,159th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Doyon getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,945 in 2010, down 4.8%.

The surname Doyon

A French surname, carried by 1,945 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doyon is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

French Doyon

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 1,945 people named Doyon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,738 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,044.

#15,159

rank among US surnames

1,945

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-4.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,618)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,151	Mondesir	1,946	158,656
#15,159	Hepworth	1,945	158,738
#15,163	Welcher	1,944	158,820
#15,166	Martelli	1,943	158,901

Who is named Doyon

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

96% of people named Doyon identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Doyon

Doyon has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Doyon come from?: French Doyon
How common is the surname Doyon?: 1,945 people in the United States had the surname Doyon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,738 Americans. It ranked 15,159th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doyon?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Doyon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Doyon getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,945 in 2010, down 4.8%.