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The surname Dearman

A surname, carried by 4,030 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D655

Dearman: #8,230 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dearman #8,230, 4,030 people Dearman: #8,230 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dearman #8,230, 4,030 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dearman is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,030 people named Dearman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,612 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,487.

#8,230
rank among US surnames
4,030
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+15.6%
change since 2000 (was #8,679)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,227Canning4,03376,555
#8,228Polito4,03276,574
#8,229Colucci4,03176,593
#8,230Dearman4,03076,612

Who is named Dearman

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

84% of people named Dearman identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 84%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
  • Two or more races 2.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dearman

Dearman has the Soundex code D655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D655.

Questions

How common is the surname Dearman?
4,030 people in the United States had the surname Dearman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,612 Americans. It ranked 8,230th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dearman?
In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Dearman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dearman getting more or less common?
More common. 3,487 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,030 in 2010, up 16%.