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    The surname Deere

    A surname, carried by 1,930 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D600

    Deere: #15,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deere #15,238, 1,930 people Deere: #15,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deere #15,238, 1,930 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deere is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,930 people named Deere in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,972 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,681.

    #15,238
    rank among US surnames
    1,930
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,889)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,229Salamon1,933159,724
    #15,232Dy1,932159,806
    #15,236Alli1,931159,889
    #15,238Nayak1,930159,972
    #15,246Soden1,929160,055

    Who is named Deere

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

    69% of people named Deere identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 11% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 11%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Deeres

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Deere
      American blacksmith and manufacturer (1804–1886)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Deere

    Deere has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Deere?
    1,930 people in the United States had the surname Deere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,972 Americans. It ranked 15,238th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deere?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Deere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Deere?
    John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (1804–1886).
    Where is the surname Deere most common?
    Wikidata records people named Deere in the United States.
    Is the surname Deere getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,681 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,930 in 2010, up 15%.