How Many People Have the Last Name Dempsey?
people had the surname Dempsey in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 10,977 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
+460 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Dempsey (88.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 5.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Dempsey ranks #972. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Dempsey grew from 26,403 people in 2000 to 26,863 in 2010 (up 1.7%), and its rank fell from #1,215 to #1,308. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 9.79 to 9.11 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 26,403 | 26,863 |
| Rank | #1,215 | #1,308 |
| Per 100,000 people | 9.79 | 9.11 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Dempsey
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Dempsey: D512
👤 Dempsey as a First Name
Dempsey is a first name too: about 2,846 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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