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    The surname Duane

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,698 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D500 Also a first name

    Duane: #16,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Duane #16,809, 1,698 people Duane: #16,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Duane #16,809, 1,698 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duane is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of the Irish name Dubhán (from Primitive Irish ᚇᚑᚃᚐᚌᚅᚔ (dovagni)), from dubh (“black, dark”); or transferred from the surname, which is from Irish Ó Dubháin (literally “descendant of Dubhán”).

    Duane is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,698 people named Duane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. That is down 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,859.

    #16,809
    rank among US surnames
    1,698
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,664)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,802Legler1,699181,722
    #16,809Porcaro1,698181,829

    Who is named Duane

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

    88% of people named Duane identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Duanes

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William J. Duane
      American politician, Jackson administration cabinet member (1780-1865)
    • Diane Duane
      American author, born 1952
    • William Duane
      American physicist (1872–1935)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Dwayne

    Surnames that sound like Duane

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Duane come from?
    Anglicized form of the Irish name Dubhán (from Primitive Irish ᚇᚑᚃᚐᚌᚅᚔ (dovagni)), from dubh (“black, dark”); or transferred from the surname, which is from Irish Ó Dubháin (literally “descendant of Dubhán”).
    How common is the surname Duane?
    1,698 people in the United States had the surname Duane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. It ranked 16,809th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Duane?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Duane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Who is the most famous person named Duane?
    William J. Duane, American politician, Jackson administration cabinet member (1780-1865), followed by Diane Duane.
    Where is the surname Duane most common?
    Wikidata records people named Duane in the United States.
    What type of surname is Duane?
    Duane is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Duane getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,698 in 2010, down 8.7%.
    What are other spellings of Duane?
    Dwayne.
    Is Duane also a first name?
    Yes. Duane is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.