# Deyoung (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/deyoung/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,759 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,571 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,792 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (7,670 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Very rare spelling variant of DeYoung, anglicized from Dutch de Jong.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Deyoung in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Deyoung in the United States and Australia.

## People named Deyoung

- Cliff DeYoung, American actor (b. 1945)
- Liam de Young, Australian male field hockey player
- Bailey De Young, actress
- Dennis DeYoung, American musician

## Similar surnames

Dennis, Downs, Dang, Duong, Dumas, Duenas, Damico, Dong, Deng, Dimas, Denis, Downes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.