How common is the surname Deutsch?

9,361 people in the United States had the surname Deutsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,982 Americans. It ranked 3,782nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Deutsch?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Deutsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Deutsch?

Helene Deutsch, American psychoanalyst (1884–1982), followed by Otto Erich Deutsch.

Where is the surname Deutsch most common?

Wikidata records people named Deutsch in the United States, Austria and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Deutsch?

Deutsch is /ˈdɔɪt͡ʃ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Deutsch getting more or less common?

More common. 8,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,361 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Deutsch

A German surname, carried by 9,361 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɔɪt͡ʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex D320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deutsch is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

PIE word *tewtéh₂ Borrowed from German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of Dutch and Doitsu.

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 9,361 people named Deutsch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,982 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,728.

#3,782

rank among US surnames

9,361

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,732)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,773	Cousins	9,380	32,915
#3,774	Mull	9,377	32,926
#3,775	Hasan	9,374	32,936
#3,776	Jacoby	9,372	32,943
#3,777	Edmond	9,369	32,954
#3,779	Derrick	9,365	32,968
#3,780	Abarca	9,363	32,975

Who is named Deutsch

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

96% of people named Deutsch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Deutschs

19 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Helene Deutsch
American psychoanalyst (1884–1982)
Otto Erich Deutsch
Austrian musicologist (1883–1967)
Ernst Deutsch
Austrian actor (1890–1969)
Adolph Deutsch
British-American composer, conductor and arranger, 1897–1980
Armin Joseph Deutsch
American astronomer (1918-1969)
Julius Deutsch
Austrian politician (1884-1968)
Gerti Deutsch
Austrian photographer (1908–1979)
Ludwig Deutsch
Austrian orientalist painter (1855-1935)
Arnold Deutsch
Austrian spy (1904–1942)
Patti Deutsch
American actress (1943–2017)
Diana Deutsch
American psychologist, born 1938
Gotthard Deutsch
American rabbi and historian (1859-1921)

Notable Deutschs come mostly from the United States (8), Austria (6) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deutsch

Deutsch has the Soundex code D320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D320.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Deutsch come from?: PIE word *tewtéh₂ Borrowed from German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of Dutch and Doitsu.
How common is the surname Deutsch?: 9,361 people in the United States had the surname Deutsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,982 Americans. It ranked 3,782nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deutsch?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Deutsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Deutsch?: Helene Deutsch, American psychoanalyst (1884–1982), followed by Otto Erich Deutsch.
Where is the surname Deutsch most common?: Wikidata records people named Deutsch in the United States, Austria and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Deutsch?: Deutsch is /ˈdɔɪt͡ʃ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Deutsch getting more or less common?: More common. 8,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,361 in 2010, up 7.3%.