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    The surname Demps

    A surname, carried by 1,581 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D512

    Demps: #17,726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Demps #17,726, 1,581 people Demps: #17,726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Demps #17,726, 1,581 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Demps is more common than 89.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,581 people named Demps in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,285 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,455.

    #17,726
    rank among US surnames
    1,581
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,755)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,717Brodersen1,583195,038
    #17,720Dopp1,582195,162
    #17,726Fader1,581195,285
    #17,734Dorsch1,580195,409

    Who is named Demps

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

    84% of people named Demps identified as Black (not Hispanic), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 84%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Dempss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeff Demps
      American football player and sprinter (born 1990)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Demps

    Demps has the Soundex code D512, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D512.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Demps?
    1,581 people in the United States had the surname Demps in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,285 Americans. It ranked 17,726th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Demps?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Demps identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Demps?
    Jeff Demps, American football player and sprinter (born 1990).
    Where is the surname Demps most common?
    Wikidata records people named Demps in the United States.
    Is the surname Demps getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,581 in 2010, up 8.7%.