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    The surname Ducat

    A French occupational surname, carried by 654 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D230

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ducat is more common than 78.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    English occupational surname for a moneylender or minter or a nickname for a rich man, from Old French ducat (“name of a gold coin”). Also borrowed from French Ducat.

    Ducat is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 654 people named Ducat in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 472,088 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 636.

    #34,574
    rank among US surnames
    654
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #33,782)

    Who is named Ducat

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

    93% of people named Ducat identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    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 Ducat

    Ducat has the Soundex code D230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D230.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ducat come from?
    English occupational surname for a moneylender or minter or a nickname for a rich man, from Old French ducat (“name of a gold coin”). Also borrowed from French Ducat.
    How common is the surname Ducat?
    654 people in the United States had the surname Ducat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 472,088 Americans. It ranked 34,574th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ducat?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ducat identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Ducat?
    Ducat is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Ducat getting more or less common?
    More common. 636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 654 in 2010, up 2.8%.