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    The surname Duan

    A surname, carried by 1,710 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D500

    Duan: #16,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Duan #16,728, 1,710 people Duan: #16,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Duan #16,728, 1,710 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duan is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,710 people named Duan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,045.

    #16,728
    rank among US surnames
    1,710
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +63.6%
    change since 2000 (was #22,870)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,720Deeb1,711180,447
    #16,728Rivenbark1,710180,553
    #16,734Forbush1,709180,659

    Who is named Duan

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

    90% of people named Duan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Duans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Matthias Duan
      1908–2001
    • Duan Zhixing
      12th century Dali emperor, died 1200

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Duan

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Duan?
    1,710 people in the United States had the surname Duan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. It ranked 16,728th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Duan?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Duan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Duan?
    Matthias Duan, followed by Duan Zhixing.
    Where is the surname Duan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Duan in the People's Republic of China.
    Is the surname Duan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,710 in 2010, up 64%.