Deng

Deng is the 2,521st most common surname in the United States, shared by 13,934 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 21,500.

By the numbers

People: 13,934
Rank: 2,521st
How common: 1 in 21,500
Per 100,000: 4.7

Where the name comes from

Origin Chinese

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

Who bears the name

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

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 87.0%
Black, not Hispanic 9.3%
White, not Hispanic 2.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.04%

Notable people called Deng

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997)Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989
Luol Deng (born 1985)South Sudanese-British basketball player
Deng Yaping (born 1973)Chinese table tennis player
Deng Yingchao (1904–1992)Chinese politician
Deng Linlin (born 1992)Chinese gymnast
Deng Ai (197–264)Cao Wei state general and official
Deng Chao (born 1979)Chinese actor
Empress Deng Sui (81–121)Han dynasty empress (81-121)

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

Surnames like Deng

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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.