How common is the surname Durkee?

4,017 people in the United States had the surname Durkee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,860 Americans. It ranked 8,248th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Durkee?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Durkee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Durkee?

Charles Durkee, American politician (1805-1870).

Where is the surname Durkee most common?

Wikidata records people named Durkee in the United States.

Is the surname Durkee getting more or less common?

More common. 3,930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,017 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Durkee

A surname, carried by 4,017 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Durkee 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 4,017 people named Durkee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,860 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,930.

#8,248

rank among US surnames

4,017

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,801)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,242	Corrado	4,021	76,783
#8,244	Blatt	4,020	76,802
#8,246	Chauvin	4,018	76,841
#8,248	Durkee	4,017	76,860
#8,249	Prickett	4,016	76,879

Who is named Durkee

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

94% of people named Durkee identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Durkees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Durkee
American politician (1805-1870)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Durkee

Durkee has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

Questions

How common is the surname Durkee?: 4,017 people in the United States had the surname Durkee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,860 Americans. It ranked 8,248th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Durkee?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Durkee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Durkee?: Charles Durkee, American politician (1805-1870).
Where is the surname Durkee most common?: Wikidata records people named Durkee in the United States.
Is the surname Durkee getting more or less common?: More common. 3,930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,017 in 2010, up 2.2%.