Explore the Family Name Darnall

The meaning of Darnall

English (Bedfordshire): either a variant of Darnell, or a habitational name from Darnall, now a district of Sheffield (Yorkshire), or Darnhall in Cheshire, both named from Old English derne ‘hidden, secret’ + halh ‘nook’. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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How common is the last name Darnall in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Darnall has shown a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. As per the data, the rank of this surname improved from 15,042 in 2000 to 14,848 in 2010, indicating a change of 1.29 percent. The count of people with the Darnall surname also increased from 1,800 in 2000 to 1995 in 2010, showing a rise of 10.83 percent. Moreover, the proportion of the Darnall surname per 100,000 people saw a minor enhancement from 0.67 to 0.68 during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,042	#14,848	1.29%
Count	1,800	1,995	10.83%
Proportion per 100k	0.67	0.68	1.49%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Darnall

As for ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts in the distribution associated with the Darnall surname from 2000 to 2010. There was an increase in the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (from 0.33 to 0.50), Black (from 0.61 to 0.75), and those reporting two or more races (from 1.28 to 1.60). At the same time, there was a slight decrease in those identifying as White (from 96.28 to 95.74) and American Indian and Alaskan Native (from 0.50 to 0.40). The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic remained constant at 1.00.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.28%	95.74%	-0.56%
Two or More Races	1.28%	1.6%	25%
Hispanic	1%	1%	0%
Black	0.61%	0.75%	22.95%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.33%	0.5%	51.52%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.5%	0.4%	-20%