How common is the surname Deming?

5,482 people in the United States had the surname Deming in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,320 Americans. It ranked 6,235th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Deming?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Deming identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Deming?

W. Edwards Deming, American professor, author, and consultant (1900-1993), followed by Peter Deming.

Where is the surname Deming most common?

Wikidata records people named Deming in the United States.

Is the surname Deming getting more or less common?

More common. 5,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,482 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Deming

A surname, carried by 5,482 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deming is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,482 people named Deming in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,320 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,385.

#6,235

rank among US surnames

5,482

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,889)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,229	Rackley	5,488	56,258
#6,230	Harker	5,485	56,289
#6,232	Rickert	5,483	56,310
#6,235	Deming	5,482	56,320
#6,238	Carothers	5,480	56,340

Who is named Deming

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

94% of people named Deming identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Demings

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

W. Edwards Deming
American professor, author, and consultant (1900-1993)
Peter Deming
American cinematographer, born 1957
Barbara Deming
American writer, journalist, and activist (1917-1984)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deming

Deming has the Soundex code D552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D552.

Questions

How common is the surname Deming?: 5,482 people in the United States had the surname Deming in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,320 Americans. It ranked 6,235th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deming?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Deming identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Deming?: W. Edwards Deming, American professor, author, and consultant (1900-1993), followed by Peter Deming.
Where is the surname Deming most common?: Wikidata records people named Deming in the United States.
Is the surname Deming getting more or less common?: More common. 5,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,482 in 2010, up 1.8%.