How common is the surname Deacon?

3,322 people in the United States had the surname Deacon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,940 Americans. It ranked 9,756th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Deacon?

Richard Deacon, American actor (1921–1984), followed by Brian Deacon.

Where is the surname Deacon most common?

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

Is the surname Deacon getting more or less common?

More common. 3,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,322 in 2010, up 2.6%.

Is Deacon also a first name?

Yes. Deacon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Deacon

An occupational surname, carried by 3,322 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D250 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deacon is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

* 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."

Deacon is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,322 people named Deacon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,940 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,237.

#9,756

rank among US surnames

3,322

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,263)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,747	Frady	3,325	92,856
#9,751	Wash	3,324	92,884
#9,754	Latour	3,323	92,912
#9,756	Paynter	3,322	92,940
#9,760	Penton	3,321	92,968
#9,761	Struck	3,320	92,996
#9,765	Channell	3,318	93,052

Who is named Deacon

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

88% of people named Deacon identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Deacons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Deacon
American actor (1921–1984)
Brian Deacon
British actor, born 1949
Richard Deacon
British artist (born 1949)
Terrence Deacon
American anthropologist, born 1950
Dan Deacon
American musician, born 1981

Notable Deacons come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Deakin

Surnames that sound like Deacon

Deacon has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

Questions

Where does the surname Deacon come from?: * 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."
How common is the surname Deacon?: 3,322 people in the United States had the surname Deacon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,940 Americans. It ranked 9,756th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deacon?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Deacon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Deacon?: Richard Deacon, American actor (1921–1984), followed by Brian Deacon.
Where is the surname Deacon most common?: Wikidata records people named Deacon in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Deacon?: Deacon is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Deacon getting more or less common?: More common. 3,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,322 in 2010, up 2.6%.
What are other spellings of Deacon?: Deakin.
Is Deacon also a first name?: Yes. Deacon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.