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    The surname Duce

    A surname, carried by 506 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D200

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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). Duce is more common than 73.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, from the obsolete adjective douce (“sweet”). * As an Italian surname, from duce (“leader”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 506 people named Duce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 610,169 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 500.

    #42,790
    rank among US surnames
    506
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #41,130)

    Who is named Duce

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

    91% of people named Duce identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Duces

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adam Duce
      American bassist, born 1972

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Dowse

    Surnames that sound like Duce

    Duce has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Duce come from?
    * As an English surname, from the obsolete adjective douce (“sweet”). * As an Italian surname, from duce (“leader”).
    How common is the surname Duce?
    506 people in the United States had the surname Duce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 610,169 Americans. It ranked 42,790th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Duce?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Duce identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Duce?
    Adam Duce, American bassist.
    Where is the surname Duce most common?
    Wikidata records people named Duce in the United States.
    Is the surname Duce getting more or less common?
    More common. 500 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 506 in 2010, up 1.2%.
    What are other spellings of Duce?
    Dowse.