How common is the surname Depriest?

4,287 people in the United States had the surname Depriest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,019 Americans. It ranked 7,744th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Depriest getting more or less common?

More common. 4,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,287 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Depriest

A surname, carried by 4,287 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex D162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Depriest is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,287 people named Depriest in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,019 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,089.

#7,744

rank among US surnames

4,287

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,509)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,737	Litchfield	4,290	71,969
#7,739	Atwater	4,289	71,985
#7,743	Bradfield	4,288	72,002
#7,744	Depriest	4,287	72,019
#7,747	Tao	4,286	72,036
#7,748	Dixson	4,285	72,053
#7,750	Laskowski	4,284	72,069

Who is named Depriest

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

82% of people named Depriest identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Depriest

DeForest

Depriest has the Soundex code D162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D162.

Questions

How common is the surname Depriest?: 4,287 people in the United States had the surname Depriest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,019 Americans. It ranked 7,744th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Depriest?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Depriest identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Depriest getting more or less common?: More common. 4,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,287 in 2010, up 4.8%.