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    The surname Durden

    A surname, carried by 7,007 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D635

    Durden: #5,014 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Durden #5,014, 7,007 people Durden: #5,014 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Durden #5,014, 7,007 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Durden is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,007 people named Durden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,062 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,389.

    #5,014
    rank among US surnames
    7,007
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,039)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,005Glaze7,02243,968
    #5,006Tarr7,02143,975
    #5,007Butt7,02043,981
    #5,009Carrasquillo7,01544,012
    #5,010Varghese7,01344,025
    #5,011McBee7,01144,037
    #5,012Fried7,01044,044

    Who is named Durden

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

    59% of people named Durden identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Durden

    Durden has the Soundex code D635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Durden?
    7,007 people in the United States had the surname Durden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,062 Americans. It ranked 5,014th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Durden?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Durden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Durden getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,007 in 2010, up 9.7%.