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    The surname Deem

    A surname, carried by 3,258 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D500

    Deem: #9,917 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deem #9,917, 3,258 people Deem: #9,917 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deem #9,917, 3,258 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deem is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,258 people named Deem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,765 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,177.

    #9,917
    rank among US surnames
    3,258
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,398)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,910Everly3,26294,649
    #9,912Mijares3,25994,736
    #9,917Deem3,25894,765
    #9,919McCully3,25694,824
    #9,923Guay3,25594,853
    #9,924Lagos3,25494,882
    #9,925Krone3,25394,911

    Who is named Deem

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

    95% of people named Deem identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • 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 Deem

    Deem has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Deem?
    3,258 people in the United States had the surname Deem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,765 Americans. It ranked 9,917th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deem?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Deem identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Deem getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,177 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,258 in 2010, up 2.5%.