Explore the Family Name Duxbury

The meaning of Duxbury

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Duxbury in Lancashire, recorded in the early 13th century as D(e)ukesbiri, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Deowuc or Duc(c) (both of uncertain origin) + Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Duxbury's popularity showed a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Duxbury ranked 29,932nd in terms of frequency of surnames, but it slipped to 30,825th by 2010, representing a 2.98% decline. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of people with this surname increased slightly from 740 to 755 during the same period. This corresponds to a modest 2.03% increase in terms of raw numbers. The proportion of individuals named Duxbury per 100,000 population also decreased marginally from 0.27 to 0.26.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,932	#30,825	-2.98%
Count	740	755	2.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.26	-3.7%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Duxbury

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Duxbury, data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates some changes occurred between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although the percentage dropped slightly from 96.35% to 94.17%. There was a notable increase in those identifying with two or more ethnicities, rising from 0.81% to 2.12%. The percentage of Hispanic individuals also rose from 1.76% to 2.65%. Meanwhile, the ethnicity data for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native either remained constant or was suppressed for privacy (S).

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.35%	94.17%	-2.26%
Hispanic	1.76%	2.65%	50.57%
Two or More Races	0.81%	2.12%	161.73%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.66%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%