# Deacon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/deacon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,322 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,756 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 92,940 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (3,237 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Deakin |

## Etymology

* English occupational surname for someone working in the household of a deacon. * Also as an English surname, variant of Dicken. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Deocáin, "descendant of Deocán."

## Who carries it

Share of people named Deacon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Deacon in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Deacon

- Richard Deacon, American actor (1921–1984)
- Brian Deacon, British actor
- Richard Deacon, British artist (born 1949)
- Terrence Deacon, American anthropologist
- Dan Deacon, American musician

## Similar surnames

Deegan, Deason, Dejean, DeJohn, Dixon, Dawson, Dickson, Dugan, Duggan, Dyson, Dizon, Dixson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.