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    The surname Dey

    A surname, carried by 4,127 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D000

    Dey: #8,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dey #8,019, 4,127 people Dey: #8,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dey #8,019, 4,127 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dey is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,127 people named Dey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,811 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,596.

    #8,019
    rank among US surnames
    4,127
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.8%
    change since 2000 (was #8,441)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,010Yousif4,13074,757
    #8,013Seeger4,12974,775
    #8,016Kaul4,12874,793
    #8,019Pawlak4,12774,811
    #8,023Markel4,12674,829
    #8,027Polson4,12574,847
    #8,028Giffin4,12474,866

    Who is named Dey

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

    61% of people named Dey identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 30%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Deys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gita Dey
      Actress, thespian, radio performer (1931-2011)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Dey

    Dey has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dey?
    4,127 people in the United States had the surname Dey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,811 Americans. It ranked 8,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dey?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Dey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Dey?
    Gita Dey, actress, thespian, radio performer (1931-2011).
    Where is the surname Dey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dey in India.
    Is the surname Dey getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,127 in 2010, up 15%.