How common is the surname Derringer?

1,956 people in the United States had the surname Derringer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,845 Americans. It ranked 15,080th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Derringer?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Derringer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Derringer?

Rick Derringer, American rock musician (1947–2025).

Where is the surname Derringer most common?

Wikidata records people named Derringer in the United States.

Is the surname Derringer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,638 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,956 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Derringer

A German surname, carried by 1,956 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Derringer is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Deringer.

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 1,956 people named Derringer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,845 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,638.

#15,080

rank among US surnames

1,956

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+19.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,219)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,074	Bolds	1,957	157,765
#15,080	Marmol	1,956	157,845

Who is named Derringer

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

93% of people named Derringer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Derringers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rick Derringer
American rock musician (1947–2025)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Derringer

Derringer 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 Derringer come from?: Variant of Deringer.
How common is the surname Derringer?: 1,956 people in the United States had the surname Derringer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,845 Americans. It ranked 15,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Derringer?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Derringer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Derringer?: Rick Derringer, American rock musician (1947–2025).
Where is the surname Derringer most common?: Wikidata records people named Derringer in the United States.
Is the surname Derringer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,638 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,956 in 2010, up 19%.