How common is the surname Dee?

6,275 people in the United States had the surname Dee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,202 Americans. It ranked 5,535th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dee?

In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Dee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Dee?

John Dee, 16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist, followed by Sandra Dee.

Where is the surname Dee most common?

Wikidata records people named Dee in the United States, the Kingdom of England and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Dee getting more or less common?

More common. 6,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,275 in 2010, up 2.1%.

Is Dee also a first name?

Yes. Dee is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Dee

A surname, carried by 6,275 people in the United States.

Pronounced /diː/ 1 syllable Soundex D000 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dee is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname of multiple origins.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,275 people named Dee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,202 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,144.

#5,535

rank among US surnames

6,275

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,222)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,531	Hardee	6,283	49,140
#5,533	Boylan	6,280	49,163
#5,534	Linden	6,276	49,195
#5,535	Dee	6,275	49,202
#5,537	Rascon	6,274	49,210

Who is named Dee

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

72% of people named Dee identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dees

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Dee
16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist, 1527–1609
Sandra Dee
American actress and model (1942–2005)
Ruby Dee
American actress (1922–2014)
Frances Dee
American actress (1909–2004)
Aisha Dee
Australian actress, born 1993
Don Dee
American basketball player (1943–2014)
Janie Dee
British actress, born 1962
Jeff Dee
American artist, born 1961
Nyomi Banxxx
American pornographic actress, born 1972

Notable Dees come mostly from the United States (6), the Kingdom of England (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dee

Dee has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

Questions

How common is the surname Dee?: 6,275 people in the United States had the surname Dee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,202 Americans. It ranked 5,535th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dee?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Dee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Dee?: John Dee, 16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist, followed by Sandra Dee.
Where is the surname Dee most common?: Wikidata records people named Dee in the United States, the Kingdom of England and Australia and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Dee?: Dee is /diː/, one syllable.
Is the surname Dee getting more or less common?: More common. 6,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,275 in 2010, up 2.1%.
Is Dee also a first name?: Yes. Dee is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.