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    The surname Deringer

    A German surname, carried by 382 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D652

    Deringer: #54,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Deringer #54,055, 382 people Deringer: #54,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Deringer #54,055, 382 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deringer is more common than 66.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Deringer, from two origins: * A variant of Därr (see Darr). * A variant of Döringer (see Doering), itself from either a personal name or a name for someone from Thuringia.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 382 people named Deringer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 808,234 Americans. That is down 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 550.

    #54,055
    rank among US surnames
    382
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -30.5%
    change since 2000 (was #37,938)

    Who is named Deringer

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

    95% of people named Deringer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Deringer

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Deringer come from?
    Borrowed from German Deringer, from two origins: * A variant of Därr (see Darr). * A variant of Döringer (see Doering), itself from either a personal name or a name for someone from Thuringia.
    How common is the surname Deringer?
    382 people in the United States had the surname Deringer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 808,234 Americans. It ranked 54,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deringer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Deringer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Deringer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 550 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 382 in 2010, down 31%.
    What are other spellings of Deringer?
    Diringer and Derringer.