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    The surname Deans

    A surname, carried by 4,087 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D520

    Deans: #8,113 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deans #8,113, 4,087 people Deans: #8,113 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deans #8,113, 4,087 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deans is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,087 people named Deans in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,543 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,776.

    #8,113
    rank among US surnames
    4,087
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,088)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,106Llanos4,08975,506
    #8,110Dunson4,08875,525
    #8,113Deans4,08775,543
    #8,114Rosenblum4,08675,562
    #8,119Mastin4,08575,580
    #8,121Klassen4,08475,599

    Who is named Deans

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

    58% of people named Deans identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Deanss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mickey Deans
      American musician and entrepreneur; fifth husband of Judy Garland (1934–2003)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Deans

    Deans has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Deans?
    4,087 people in the United States had the surname Deans in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,543 Americans. It ranked 8,113th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deans?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Deans identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Deans?
    Mickey Deans, American musician and entrepreneur; fifth husband of Judy Garland (1934–2003).
    Where is the surname Deans most common?
    Wikidata records people named Deans in the United States.
    Is the surname Deans getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,087 in 2010, up 8.2%.