How common is the surname Deyoung?

7,759 people in the United States had the surname Deyoung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,792 Americans. It ranked 4,571st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Deyoung?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Deyoung identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Deyoung?

Cliff DeYoung, American actor (b. 1945), followed by Liam de Young.

Where is the surname Deyoung most common?

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

Is the surname Deyoung getting more or less common?

More common. 7,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,759 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Deyoung

A Dutch surname, carried by 7,759 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deyoung is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

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

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,759 people named Deyoung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,792 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,670.

#4,571

rank among US surnames

7,759

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,281)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,567	Hitt	7,762	39,777
#4,568	Lapp	7,761	39,782
#4,569	Sperry	7,760	39,787
#4,571	Leroy	7,759	39,792

Who is named Deyoung

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

95% of people named Deyoung identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Deyoungs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cliff DeYoung
American actor (b. 1945)
Liam de Young
Australian male field hockey player, born 1981
Bailey De Young
Actress, born 1989
Dennis DeYoung
American musician, born 1947

Notable Deyoungs come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Deyoung come from?: Very rare spelling variant of DeYoung, anglicized from Dutch de Jong.
How common is the surname Deyoung?: 7,759 people in the United States had the surname Deyoung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,792 Americans. It ranked 4,571st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deyoung?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Deyoung identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Deyoung?: Cliff DeYoung, American actor (b. 1945), followed by Liam de Young.
Where is the surname Deyoung most common?: Wikidata records people named Deyoung in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Deyoung getting more or less common?: More common. 7,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,759 in 2010, up 1.2%.