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The surname Deeter

A surname, carried by 2,488 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D360

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deeter is more common than 92.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,488 people named Deeter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,094 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,460.

#12,476
rank among US surnames
2,488
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+1.1%
change since 2000 (was #11,684)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,467Como2,490123,994
#12,473Pentecost2,489124,044
#12,476Beaupre2,488124,094
#12,482Bade2,487124,144
#12,485Lowrie2,485124,244

Who is named Deeter

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

94% of people named Deeter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deeter

Deeter has the Soundex code D360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D360.

Questions

How common is the surname Deeter?
2,488 people in the United States had the surname Deeter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,094 Americans. It ranked 12,476th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deeter?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Deeter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Deeter getting more or less common?
More common. 2,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,488 in 2010, up 1.1%.