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    The surname Degree

    A surname, carried by 1,139 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D260

    Degree: #22,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Degree #22,559, 1,139 people Degree: #22,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Degree #22,559, 1,139 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Degree is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,139 people named Degree in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,067 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 925.

    #22,559
    rank among US surnames
    1,139
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.1%
    change since 2000 (was #25,147)

    Who is named Degree

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

    53% of people named Degree identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 53%
    • White (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Degree

    Degree has the Soundex code D260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Degree?
    1,139 people in the United States had the surname Degree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,067 Americans. It ranked 22,559th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Degree?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Degree identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Degree getting more or less common?
    More common. 925 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,139 in 2010, up 23%.