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The surname Durocher

A surname, carried by 2,662 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D626

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Durocher is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,662 people named Durocher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,983 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,373.

#11,767
rank among US surnames
2,662
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+12.2%
change since 2000 (was #12,064)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,759Frahm2,664115,895
#11,764Boehmer2,663115,939
#11,767Pesina2,662115,983

Who is named Durocher

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

92% of people named Durocher identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Durochers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Marie Durocher
    Brazilian physician (1809–1893)
  • Leo Durocher
    American baseball player and coach (1905–1991)

Notable Durochers come mostly from Brazil (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Durocher

Durocher has the Soundex code D626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D626.

Questions

How common is the surname Durocher?
2,662 people in the United States had the surname Durocher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,983 Americans. It ranked 11,767th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Durocher?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Durocher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Durocher?
Marie Durocher, Brazilian physician (1809–1893), followed by Leo Durocher.
Where is the surname Durocher most common?
Wikidata records people named Durocher in Brazil and the United States.
Is the surname Durocher getting more or less common?
More common. 2,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,662 in 2010, up 12%.