How common is the surname Demas?

1,499 people in the United States had the surname Demas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Demas getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Demas

A surname, carried by 1,499 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Demas is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,499 people named Demas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,570.

#18,457

rank among US surnames

1,499

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,754)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830
#18,457	Weakland	1,499	205,968

Who is named Demas

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

77% of people named Demas identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Demas

Demas has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Questions

How common is the surname Demas?: 1,499 people in the United States had the surname Demas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Demas?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Demas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Demas getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, down 4.5%.