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    The surname Dees

    A surname, carried by 10,887 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D200

    Dees: #3,299 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dees #3,299, 10,887 people Dees: #3,299 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dees #3,299, 10,887 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dees is more common than 98% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,887 people named Dees in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,359 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,708.

    #3,299
    rank among US surnames
    10,887
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,105)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,290Wheat10,97928,121
    #3,291Tsai10,96828,150
    #3,292Nagle10,96328,163
    #3,293Sifuentes10,95428,186
    #3,294Hamel10,94428,211
    #3,295Landeros10,93428,237
    #3,296Massie10,92028,273

    Who is named Dees

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

    80% of people named Dees identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Deess

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rick Dees
      American radio personality, born 1950
    • Mary Dees
      Actress (1911-2004)
    • Morris Dees
      American activist, born 1936

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dees

    Dees has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dees?
    10,887 people in the United States had the surname Dees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,359 Americans. It ranked 3,299th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dees?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Dees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dees?
    Rick Dees, American radio personality, followed by Mary Dees.
    Where is the surname Dees most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dees in the United States.
    Is the surname Dees getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,887 in 2010, up 1.7%.