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    The surname Durgan

    A surname, carried by 1,204 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D625

    Durgan: #21,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Durgan #21,648, 1,204 people Durgan: #21,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Durgan #21,648, 1,204 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Durgan is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,204 people named Durgan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,433 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 940.

    #21,648
    rank among US surnames
    1,204
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.1%
    change since 2000 (was #24,857)

    Who is named Durgan

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

    75% of people named Durgan identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Durgan

    Durgan has the Soundex code D625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Durgan?
    1,204 people in the United States had the surname Durgan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,433 Americans. It ranked 21,648th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Durgan?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Durgan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Durgan getting more or less common?
    More common. 940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,204 in 2010, up 28%.