How common is the surname Deak?

1,185 people in the United States had the surname Deak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,545 Americans. It ranked 21,912th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Deak?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Deak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Deak getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,185 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Deak

A surname, carried by 1,185 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deak is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,185 people named Deak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,545 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,189.

#21,912

rank among US surnames

1,185

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,676)

Who is named Deak

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

96% of people named Deak identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deak

Deak has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

Questions

How common is the surname Deak?: 1,185 people in the United States had the surname Deak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,545 Americans. It ranked 21,912th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deak?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Deak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Deak getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,185 in 2010, down 0.3%.