How common is the surname Deakins?

1,425 people in the United States had the surname Deakins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,664 Americans. It ranked 19,097th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Deakins?

Roger Deakins, British cinematographer, followed by Lucy Deakins.

Where is the surname Deakins most common?

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

Is the surname Deakins getting more or less common?

More common. 1,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,425 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Deakins

A surname, carried by 1,425 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deakins is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,425 people named Deakins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,664 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,252.

#19,097

rank among US surnames

1,425

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+13.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,865)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,097	Porath	1,425	216,664
#19,105	Rosenau	1,424	216,816

Who is named Deakins

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

93% of people named Deakins identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Deakinss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roger Deakins
British cinematographer, born 1949
Lucy Deakins
American actress, born 1971

Notable Deakinss come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deakins

Deakins has the Soundex code D252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D252.

Questions

How common is the surname Deakins?: 1,425 people in the United States had the surname Deakins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,664 Americans. It ranked 19,097th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deakins?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Deakins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Deakins?: Roger Deakins, British cinematographer, followed by Lucy Deakins.
Where is the surname Deakins most common?: Wikidata records people named Deakins in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Deakins getting more or less common?: More common. 1,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,425 in 2010, up 14%.