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    The surname Deo

    A surname, carried by 1,578 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D000

    Deo: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deo #17,752, 1,578 people Deo: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deo #17,752, 1,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deo is more common than 89.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,578 people named Deo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,065.

    #17,752
    rank among US surnames
    1,578
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,538)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,745Zacher1,579195,532
    #17,752Deo1,578195,656

    Who is named Deo

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

    58% of people named Deo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 26% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.2% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Two or more races 8.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Deo

    Deo has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Deo?
    1,578 people in the United States had the surname Deo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deo?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Deo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 26% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Deo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, up 48%.