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    The surname Dea

    A surname, carried by 1,311 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). Dea is more common than 87.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,311 people named Dea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,167.

    #20,285
    rank among US surnames
    1,311
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,995)

    Who is named Dea

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

    46% of people named Dea identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 46%
    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dea

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dea?
    1,311 people in the United States had the surname Dea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. It ranked 20,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dea?
    In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Dea identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dea getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,311 in 2010, up 12%.