# Deen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/deen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,471 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,453 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 69,055 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.7% (4,113 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Deen in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Deen in the United States and German Reich.

## People named Deen

- Paula Deen, American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress, and television personalit
- Helga Deen, author of a diary, discovered in 2004

## Similar surnames

Dean, Denny, Denney, Deane, Dehn, Denn, Deno, Dena, Deneau, Deem, Demeo, Dewan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.