How common is the surname Dula?

2,169 people in the United States had the surname Dula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,345 Americans. It ranked 13,922nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dula getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,169 in 2010, down 3.3%.

The surname Dula

A surname, carried by 2,169 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dula is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,169 people named Dula in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,345 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,244.

#13,922

rank among US surnames

2,169

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-3.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,650)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,916	Luper	2,170	142,279
#13,922	Dula	2,169	142,345
#13,926	Kelliher	2,168	142,410

Who is named Dula

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

57% of people named Dula identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Two or more races 3.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dula

Dula has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

Questions

How common is the surname Dula?: 2,169 people in the United States had the surname Dula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,345 Americans. It ranked 13,922nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dula?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Dula identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dula getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,169 in 2010, down 3.3%.