Last Name DUA

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Big, large, grand, huge, major, massive.
Origin Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Belgian

Rank 44,895 (2000 US census) 64,422 (1990 US census)
Count 450 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 14.67%, or 66 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.22%, or 28 total occurrences, as black,
  • 74.89%, or 337 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.11%, or 14 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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