Explore the Family Name Duhaime

The meaning of Duhaime

Altered form of French Duhemme, a variant of Duhem: habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone from (Le) Hem, the name of a few places in the north of France, notably Hem in Nord. The surname Duhemme is no longer found in France. Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Marcel, Armand, Ovila, Alphee, Alphonse, Donat, Jean-Paul, Michel, Raoul, Rejean.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Duhaime held the rank of 23,104 in popularity in the year 2000, and slightly fell to the rank of 23,135 in 2010, indicating a decrease of 0.13%. The number of individuals bearing this surname increased modestly from 1,032 in 2000 to 1,103 in 2010, marking a growth of 6.88%. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, the presence of the Duhaime surname slightly decreased by 2.63%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,104	#23,135	-0.13%
Count	1,032	1,103	6.88%
Proportion per 100k	0.38	0.37	-2.63%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Duhaime

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Duhaime surname identified as White in both 2000 (96.41%) and 2010 (96.46%), showcasing a minor increase of 0.05% over the decade. There were no recorded individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year. The representation of those identifying as two or more races saw a substantial drop of 41.29%, while those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 27.10%. Individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native also increased by 20.59%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.41%	96.46%	0.05%
Hispanic	1.07%	1.36%	27.1%
Two or More Races	1.55%	0.91%	-41.29%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.68%	0.82%	20.59%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%