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    The surname Deal

    An English surname, carried by 20,366 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈdiːl/ 1 syllable Soundex D400

    Deal: #1,760 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Deal #1,760, 20,366 people Deal: #1,760 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deal #1,760, 20,366 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deal is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English dæl (“valley”), corresponding to modern dale.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 20,366 people named Deal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,160 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,128.

    #1,760
    rank among US surnames
    20,366
    people in 2010
    6.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #1,629)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,751Thomason20,47815,077
    #1,752Sapp20,44815,099
    #1,753Tripp20,43415,109
    #1,754Galvez20,42515,116
    #1,755Eubanks20,42415,117
    #1,756Hilliard20,37715,152
    #1,757Crocker20,37015,157

    Who is named Deal

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

    85% of people named Deal identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Deals

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nathan Deal
      82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019
    • Kim Deal
      American singer-songwriter; alternative rock musician, born 1961
    • Lance Deal
      American hammer thrower, born 1961
    • Kelley Deal
      American musician, born 1961
    • Mick Mars
      American guitarist, born 1951

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Deal

    Deal has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Deal come from?
    From Old English dæl (“valley”), corresponding to modern dale.
    How common is the surname Deal?
    20,366 people in the United States had the surname Deal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,160 Americans. It ranked 1,760th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deal?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Deal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Deal?
    Nathan Deal, 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019, followed by Kim Deal.
    Where is the surname Deal most common?
    Wikidata records people named Deal in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Deal?
    Deal is /ˈdiːl/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Deal getting more or less common?
    More common. 20,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,366 in 2010, up 1.2%.