Last Name DEACON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The deacon, one of the lower order of the clergy. A servant or minister in the church.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank	9,263 (2000 US census)	9,716 (1990 US census)

Count	3,237 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.89%, or 2942 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.99%, or 129 total occurrences, as black,
0.59%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
2.04%, or 66 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.39%, or 45 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.11%, or 36 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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