How common is the surname Duval?

8,851 people in the United States had the surname Duval in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,883 Americans. It ranked 4,014th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Duval?

James Duval, American actor, followed by Victoria Duval.

Where is the surname Duval most common?

Wikidata records people named Duval in the United States, Belgium and Australia.

Is the surname Duval getting more or less common?

More common. 8,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,851 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Duval

A French place surname, carried by 8,851 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duval is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Duval.

Duval is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,851 people named Duval in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,883 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,575.

#4,014

rank among US surnames

8,851

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,799)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,005	Vickery	8,874	34,792
#4,006	Loy	8,868	34,816
#4,007	Marte	8,867	34,820
#4,008	Rodarte	8,860	34,847
#4,009	Burnside	8,859	34,851
#4,010	Hermann	8,858	34,855
#4,011	Wofford	8,856	34,863

Who is named Duval

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

80% of people named Duval identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Duvals

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Duval
American actor, born 1972
Victoria Duval
American tennis player, born 1995
François Duval
Belgian rally driver, born 1980
Alf Duval
Australian rower, born 1941
Henri Duval de Dampierre
1580–1620
William Pope Duval
American politician (1784-1854)
Paulette Duval
Argentine actress (1889-1951)
Trevon Duval
American basketball player (born 1998)

Notable Duvals come mostly from the United States (5), Belgium (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Duval

Duval has the Soundex code D140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D140.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Duval come from?: Borrowed from French Duval.
How common is the surname Duval?: 8,851 people in the United States had the surname Duval in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,883 Americans. It ranked 4,014th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Duval?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Duval identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Duval?: James Duval, American actor, followed by Victoria Duval.
Where is the surname Duval most common?: Wikidata records people named Duval in the United States, Belgium and Australia.
What type of surname is Duval?: Duval is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Duval getting more or less common?: More common. 8,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,851 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Duval?: Val.