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    The surname Duxbury

    An English place surname, carried by 755 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D216

    Duxbury: #30,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Duxbury #30,825, 755 people Duxbury: #30,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Duxbury #30,825, 755 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duxbury is more common than 81% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Deowuc or Ducca + -s- + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 755 people named Duxbury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 408,934 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 740.

    #30,825
    rank among US surnames
    755
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #29,932)

    Who is named Duxbury

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

    94% of people named Duxbury identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Duxbury come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Deowuc or Ducca + -s- + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
    How common is the surname Duxbury?
    755 people in the United States had the surname Duxbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 408,934 Americans. It ranked 30,825th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Duxbury?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Duxbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Duxbury?
    Duxbury is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Duxbury getting more or less common?
    More common. 740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 755 in 2010, up 2.0%.