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    The surname Duvall

    A surname, carried by 19,844 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D140

    Duvall: #1,811 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Duvall #1,811, 19,844 people Duvall: #1,811 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Duvall #1,811, 19,844 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duvall is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,844 people named Duvall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,559 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,369.

    #1,811
    rank among US surnames
    19,844
    people in 2010
    6.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #1,698)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,802Wilhelm19,91315,505
    #1,803Blount19,87815,532
    #1,804Murdock19,87315,536
    #1,805Street19,86615,541
    #1,806Lockwood19,86515,542
    #1,807Hinson19,85715,548
    #1,808Rudolph19,85415,551

    Who is named Duvall

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

    89% of people named Duvall identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Duvalls

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Duvall
      American actor and director (1931–2026)
    • Shelley Duvall
      American actress (1949–2024)
    • William DuVall
      American rock musician, born 1967
    • Samuel Duvall
      American archer (1836–1908)
    • Wayne Duvall
      American actor, born 1958
    • Adam Duvall
      American professional baseball player, born 1988
    • Chris Duvall
      American soccer player, born 1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Duvall

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Duvall?
    19,844 people in the United States had the surname Duvall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,559 Americans. It ranked 1,811th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Duvall?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Duvall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Duvall?
    Robert Duvall, American actor and director (1931–2026), followed by Shelley Duvall.
    Where is the surname Duvall most common?
    Wikidata records people named Duvall in the United States.
    Is the surname Duvall getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,844 in 2010, up 2.5%.