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The surname Deeds

A surname, carried by 2,864 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D320

Deeds: #11,081 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deeds #11,081, 2,864 people Deeds: #11,081 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deeds #11,081, 2,864 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deeds is more common than 93.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,864 people named Deeds in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,802 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,781.

#11,081
rank among US surnames
2,864
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+3%
change since 2000 (was #10,583)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,076Kiely2,868107,652
#11,078Thielen2,867107,689
#11,079Leber2,865107,765
#11,081Emmanuel2,864107,802
#11,086Mauck2,863107,840

Who is named Deeds

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

90% of people named Deeds identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deeds

Deeds has the Soundex code D320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D320.

Questions

How common is the surname Deeds?
2,864 people in the United States had the surname Deeds in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,802 Americans. It ranked 11,081st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deeds?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Deeds identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Deeds getting more or less common?
More common. 2,781 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,864 in 2010, up 3.0%.