How common is the surname Dearden?

929 people in the United States had the surname Dearden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 332,342 Americans. It ranked 26,282nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dearden?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dearden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dearden?

Taylor Dearden, American actress (born 1993).

Where is the surname Dearden most common?

Wikidata records people named Dearden in the United States.

How do you pronounce Dearden?

Dearden is /ˈdɪəɹdən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dearden getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 929 in 2010, down 22%.

The surname Dearden

An English place surname, carried by 929 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɪəɹdən/ 2 syllables Soundex D635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dearden is more common than 83.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Dearden is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 929 people named Dearden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 332,342 Americans. That is down 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,188.

#26,282

rank among US surnames

929

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-21.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,693)

Who is named Dearden

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

95% of people named Dearden identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

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

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Deardens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Taylor Dearden
American actress (born 1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dearden

Dearden has the Soundex code D635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D635.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dearden come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place near Edenfield, in Lancashire, from Old English dēor (“deer”) + denu (“den or valley”).
How common is the surname Dearden?: 929 people in the United States had the surname Dearden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 332,342 Americans. It ranked 26,282nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dearden?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dearden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dearden?: Taylor Dearden, American actress (born 1993).
Where is the surname Dearden most common?: Wikidata records people named Dearden in the United States.
How do you pronounce Dearden?: Dearden is /ˈdɪəɹdən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dearden?: Dearden is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dearden getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 929 in 2010, down 22%.