How common is the surname Dement?

4,376 people in the United States had the surname Dement in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,554 Americans. It ranked 7,595th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dement?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dement identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dement?

William C. Dement, American sleep researcher (1928–2020).

Where is the surname Dement most common?

Wikidata records people named Dement in the United States.

Is the surname Dement getting more or less common?

More common. 4,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,376 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Dement

A surname, carried by 4,376 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D553

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dement is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,376 people named Dement in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,554 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,107.

#7,595

rank among US surnames

4,376

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,476)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,589	Curcio	4,380	70,490
#7,591	Simmonds	4,379	70,506
#7,593	Sartin	4,377	70,538
#7,595	Claypool	4,376	70,554
#7,597	Mertens	4,375	70,570
#7,599	Renshaw	4,374	70,587
#7,600	Peele	4,373	70,603

Who is named Dement

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

93% of people named Dement identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dements

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William C. Dement
American sleep researcher (1928–2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dement

Demonte

Dement has the Soundex code D553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D553.

Questions

How common is the surname Dement?: 4,376 people in the United States had the surname Dement in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,554 Americans. It ranked 7,595th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dement?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dement identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dement?: William C. Dement, American sleep researcher (1928–2020).
Where is the surname Dement most common?: Wikidata records people named Dement in the United States.
Is the surname Dement getting more or less common?: More common. 4,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,376 in 2010, up 6.5%.