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    The surname DuBose

    A surname, carried by 13,120 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D120

    DuBose: #2,748 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon DuBose #2,748, 13,120 people DuBose: #2,748 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez DuBose #2,748, 13,120 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DuBose is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,120 people named DuBose in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,532 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,377.

    #2,748
    rank among US surnames
    13,120
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,682)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,739Bouchard13,15423,472
    #2,740Chun13,14123,495
    #2,741Markham13,13723,502
    #2,742Zeigler13,13523,506
    #2,743Leavitt13,13323,509
    #2,745Ely13,13023,515
    #2,746Martino13,12823,518

    Who is named DuBose

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

    49% of people named DuBose identified as white (not Hispanic), 47% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 49%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous DuBoses

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • A Boogie wit da Hoodie
      American rapper (born 1995)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like DuBose

    DuBose has the Soundex code D120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D120.

    Questions

    How common is the surname DuBose?
    13,120 people in the United States had the surname DuBose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,532 Americans. It ranked 2,748th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname DuBose?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named DuBose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 47% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named DuBose?
    A Boogie wit da Hoodie, American rapper (born 1995).
    Where is the surname DuBose most common?
    Wikidata records people named DuBose in the United States.
    Is the surname DuBose getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,120 in 2010, up 6.0%.