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The surname Dedman

A surname, carried by 1,238 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D355

Dedman: #21,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dedman #21,204, 1,238 people Dedman: #21,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dedman #21,204, 1,238 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dedman is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,238 people named Dedman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,181.

#21,204
rank among US surnames
1,238
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+4.8%
change since 2000 (was #20,785)

Who is named Dedman

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

76% of people named Dedman identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 76%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 13%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
  • Two or more races 3.1%
  • 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 Dedman

Dedman has the Soundex code D355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D355.

Questions

How common is the surname Dedman?
1,238 people in the United States had the surname Dedman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. It ranked 21,204th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dedman?
In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Dedman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Dedman getting more or less common?
More common. 1,181 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,238 in 2010, up 4.8%.