# Dearden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dearden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 929 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,282 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 332,342 people |
| Change since 2000 | -21.8% (1,188 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɪəɹdən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place near Edenfield, in Lancashire, from Old English dēor (“deer”) + denu (“den or valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dearden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dearden in the United States.

## People named Dearden

- Taylor Dearden, American actress (born 1993)

## Similar surnames

Darden, Durden, Dryden, Drayton, Dorton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.