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    The surname De

    A surname, carried by 1,123 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). De is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Bengali [Term?].

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,123 people named De in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 955.

    #22,809
    rank among US surnames
    1,123
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.6%
    change since 2000 (was #24,529)

    Who is named De

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    57% of people named De identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like De

    De has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

    Questions

    Where does the surname De come from?
    From Bengali [Term?].
    How common is the surname De?
    1,123 people in the United States had the surname De in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. It ranked 22,809th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname De?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named De identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname De getting more or less common?
    More common. 955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,123 in 2010, up 18%.