Dean

109,762 people in the United States were counted with the surname Dean in the 2020 census, making it the 279th most common in the country. That is about one person in 2,723.

By the numbers

People: 109,762
Rank: 279th
How common: 1 in 2,723
Per 100,000: 36.7

Where the name comes from

The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context:.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Dean described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 73.6%
Black, not Hispanic 16.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Dean

James Dean (1931–1955)American actor
Millvina Dean (1912–2009)Last remaining survivor of Titanic disaster
Dixie Dean (1907–1980)English footballer
Charlbi Dean (1990–2022)South African actress
Olivia Dean (born 1999)British singer
Howard Dean (born 1948)American politician
Tom Dean (born 2000)British competitive swimmer
Ester Dean (born 1986)American singer and songwriter

People named Dean with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Dean

Also a first name

Dean has been given to 195,844 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1961. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.