Last Name DEARING

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Dering. There was a Deringus de Morinis whose baptismal name descended to his children as their surname in the 12th century.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 5,778 (2000 US census) 5,203 (1990 US census)
Count 5,481 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.13%, or 4885 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.35%, or 403 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.49%, or 27 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.58%, or 32 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.3%, or 71 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.15%, or 63 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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