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    The surname Dewees

    A surname, carried by 2,465 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D200

    Dewees: #12,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dewees #12,560, 2,465 people Dewees: #12,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dewees #12,560, 2,465 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dewees is more common than 92.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,465 people named Dewees in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,252 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,329.

    #12,560
    rank among US surnames
    2,465
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,256)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,554Crotts2,467125,150
    #12,557Pathak2,466125,201
    #12,560Randles2,465125,252
    #12,565Yandell2,464125,303
    #12,566Naples2,463125,353

    Who is named Dewees

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

    92% of people named Dewees identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Deweess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Dewees
      American musician, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dewees

    Dewees has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dewees?
    2,465 people in the United States had the surname Dewees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,252 Americans. It ranked 12,560th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dewees?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dewees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dewees?
    James Dewees, American musician.
    Where is the surname Dewees most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dewees in the United States.
    Is the surname Dewees getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,465 in 2010, up 5.8%.