Explore the Family Name Derival

The meaning of Derival

French: variant, with fused preposition de ‘from’, of the topographic name Rival. The surname in this form has died out in France, but thrives in Haiti, where it is also spelled Dérival and where it may alternatively be an altered form of French Dorival.

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

The surname Derival has seen a noticeable increase in popularity over the years, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it ranked 97,384 in popularity and jumped to 60,196 by 2010 – an impressive rise of 38.19%. The count of people with this surname also witnessed a sharp 93.64% increase, going from 173 in 2000 to 335 in 2010. Furthermore, the proportion of people per 100,000 carrying this surname rose by 83.33%, moving from 0.06 in 2000 to 0.11 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#97,384	#60,196	38.19%
Count	173	335	93.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.06	0.11	83.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Derival

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows several changes in the distribution associated with the surname Derival between 2000 and 2010. While an overwhelming majority identified as Black in both years (87.28% in 2000 and 94.03% in 2010), there were some shifts in other categories. For instance, those identifying with two or more races dropped significantly, from 9.25% in 2000 to just 1.79% in 2010. Interestingly, the White category saw a new emergence, with 3.28% identifying as such in 2010, up from 0% in 2000. The Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories, however, reported no change or a suppressed count for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	87.28%	94.03%	7.73%
White	0%	3.28%	0%
Two or More Races	9.25%	1.79%	-80.65%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%