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The surname Deramus

A surname, carried by 1,572 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D652

Deramus: #17,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deramus #17,809, 1,572 people Deramus: #17,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deramus #17,809, 1,572 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deramus is more common than 89% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,572 people named Deramus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,403 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,403.

#17,809
rank among US surnames
1,572
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+12%
change since 2000 (was #18,256)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,809Treanor1,572196,403
#17,818Majka1,571196,528

Who is named Deramus

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

52% of people named Deramus identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 52%
  • White (not Hispanic) 42%
  • Two or more races 2.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deramus

Deramus has the Soundex code D652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D652.

Questions

How common is the surname Deramus?
1,572 people in the United States had the surname Deramus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,403 Americans. It ranked 17,809th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deramus?
In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Deramus identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Deramus getting more or less common?
More common. 1,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,572 in 2010, up 12%.