How Many People Have the Last Name Dean?
people had the surname Dean in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 2,587 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+4,800 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Dean (76.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 16.8%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Dean ranks #197. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 78.7% to 76.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Dean grew from 109,230 people in 2000 to 114,030 in 2010 (up 4.4%), and its rank fell from #250 to #269. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 40.49 to 38.66 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 109,230 | 114,030 |
| Rank | #250 | #269 |
| Per 100,000 people | 40.49 | 38.66 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Dean
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Dean: D500
👤 Dean as a First Name
Dean is a first name too: about 136,703 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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