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    The surname Durr

    An Irish surname, carried by 6,937 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D600

    Durr: #5,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Durr #5,057, 6,937 people Durr: #5,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Durr #5,057, 6,937 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Durr is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    * As a German surname, from the adjective dürr (“dried up”). Compare Duerr. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Doraidh, from Old Irish doraid (“doorkeeper”) (compare doras). Compare Dore.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,937 people named Durr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,507 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,594.

    #5,057
    rank among US surnames
    6,937
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,891)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,051Sacco6,94244,475
    #5,052Shivers6,93944,494
    #5,055Pinon6,93844,501
    #5,057Durr6,93744,507

    Who is named Durr

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

    63% of people named Durr identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Durrs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Johannes Dürr
      Austrian cross-country skier, born 1987

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Durr

    Durr has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Durr come from?
    * As a German surname, from the adjective dürr (“dried up”). Compare Duerr. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Doraidh, from Old Irish doraid (“doorkeeper”) (compare doras). Compare Dore.
    How common is the surname Durr?
    6,937 people in the United States had the surname Durr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,507 Americans. It ranked 5,057th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Durr?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Durr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Durr?
    Johannes Dürr, Austrian cross-country skier.
    Where is the surname Durr most common?
    Wikidata records people named Durr in Austria.
    Is the surname Durr getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,937 in 2010, up 5.2%.