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    The surname Deas

    A surname, carried by 4,165 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D200

    Deas: #7,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deas #7,944, 4,165 people Deas: #7,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deas #7,944, 4,165 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deas is more common than 95.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,165 people named Deas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,129 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,812.

    #7,944
    rank among US surnames
    4,165
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #8,027)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,939Rutland4,16874,075
    #7,940Waddle4,16774,093
    #7,942Wirtz4,16674,111
    #7,944Mele4,16574,129
    #7,947Czarnecki4,16474,146
    #7,950Alleyne4,16374,164

    Who is named Deas

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

    49% of people named Deas identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 49%
    • White (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Deass

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Justin Deas
      American actor, born 1948

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Deas

    Deas has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Deas?
    4,165 people in the United States had the surname Deas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,129 Americans. It ranked 7,944th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deas?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Deas identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Deas?
    Justin Deas, American actor.
    Where is the surname Deas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Deas in the United States.
    Is the surname Deas getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,165 in 2010, up 9.3%.