How common is the surname Duren?

4,013 people in the United States had the surname Duren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,936 Americans. It ranked 8,254th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Duren?

Jalen Duren, American basketball player (born 2003), followed by Ryne Duren.

Where is the surname Duren most common?

Wikidata records people named Duren in the United States.

Is the surname Duren getting more or less common?

More common. 3,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,013 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Duren

A surname, carried by 4,013 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duren is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,013 people named Duren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,936 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,868.

#8,254

rank among US surnames

4,013

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,932)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,249	Prickett	4,016	76,879
#8,250	Edison	4,015	76,898
#8,253	Borland	4,014	76,917
#8,254	Murphey	4,013	76,936
#8,259	Piercy	4,012	76,956

Who is named Duren

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

71% of people named Duren identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Durens

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jalen Duren
American basketball player (born 2003)
Ryne Duren
American baseball player (1929-2011)
Blackie Lawless
American heavy metal musician, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Duren

Duren has the Soundex code D650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D650.

Questions

How common is the surname Duren?: 4,013 people in the United States had the surname Duren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,936 Americans. It ranked 8,254th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Duren?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Duren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Duren?: Jalen Duren, American basketball player (born 2003), followed by Ryne Duren.
Where is the surname Duren most common?: Wikidata records people named Duren in the United States.
Is the surname Duren getting more or less common?: More common. 3,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,013 in 2010, up 3.7%.