Last Name DEAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: At the dean, from residence therein. From 'dene,' a valley. Often found as a suffix in local names, as in Tormorden, ROttingdean.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Italian, Chilean, Irish, Croatian, Falkland, Maori, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	250 (2000 US census)	236 (1990 US census)

Count	109,230 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.74%, or 86008 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.23%, or 17728 total occurrences, as black,
0.81%, or 885 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.64%, or 699 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.76%, or 1922 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.82%, or 1988 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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