# DeJohn (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,666 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,047 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 185,321 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (1,650 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Americanized version of Di Giovanni.

## Who carries it

Share of people named DeJohn 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named DeJohn in the United States.

## People named DeJohn

- Alex DeJohn, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Dejean, Deason, Deacon, Dixon, Dawson, Dickson, Dugan, Duggan, Dyson, Dizon, Dixson, Disney.

## 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.