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    The surname Duffey

    A surname, carried by 6,251 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D100

    Duffey: #5,562 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Duffey #5,562, 6,251 people Duffey: #5,562 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Duffey #5,562, 6,251 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duffey is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,251 people named Duffey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,391 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,000.

    #5,562
    rank among US surnames
    6,251
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,345)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,557Gilligan6,25749,344
    #5,560Rood6,25449,368
    #5,561Dew6,25249,383
    #5,562Duffey6,25149,391

    Who is named Duffey

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

    85% of people named Duffey identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Duffeys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Arthur Duffey
      American track and field athlete (1879–1955)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Duffey

    Duffey has the Soundex code D100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Duffey?
    6,251 people in the United States had the surname Duffey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,391 Americans. It ranked 5,562nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Duffey?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Duffey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Duffey?
    Arthur Duffey, American track and field athlete (1879–1955).
    Where is the surname Duffey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Duffey in the United States.
    Is the surname Duffey getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,251 in 2010, up 4.2%.