How common is the surname Deasy?

1,027 people in the United States had the surname Deasy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Deasy?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Deasy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Deasy getting more or less common?

More common. 997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Deasy

An Irish surname, carried by 1,027 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deasy is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Dacey.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,027 people named Deasy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 997.

#24,388

rank among US surnames

1,027

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #23,698)

Who is named Deasy

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

95% of people named Deasy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deasy

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Deasy come from?: Variant of Dacey.
How common is the surname Deasy?: 1,027 people in the United States had the surname Deasy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deasy?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Deasy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Deasy getting more or less common?: More common. 997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, up 3.0%.