Deacons Surname

921,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Deacons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deacons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
England611:913,41146,955
Scotland411:130,5818,115
Cambodia291:534,0404,302
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Deacons (10) may also be a first name.

Deacons Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Deacons Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Deacons occurs most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Deacons.

How Common Is The Last Name Deacons? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 921,780th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Deacons live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 10 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 2,831,710. In The United States Deacons is most common in: Michigan, where 48 percent reside, New York, where 25 percent reside and Arizona, where 4 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 21 percent reside and Scotland, where 14 percent reside.

Deacons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Deacons has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Deacons surname expanded 492 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 226 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 342 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Deacons Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Deacons last name are 8.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.84% being registered with the party.

Deacons earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.97% less than the national average, earning $41,003 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deacon's932/
Dacons9235/
Decons9223/
Descons8675/
Decoons8619/
Decohns861/
Decions860/
Deakons860/
Descoins80573/
Detchons8014/
Desconse803/
Deuchons800/
Decuns7719/
Decoms7718/
Dekans776/
Dezons774/
Decans771/
Deconx771/
Dacans770/
Decousens750/
Descuns71221/
Dickons71129/
Descans7163/
Decaëns7113/
Descoms7111/
Dechans719/
Daikons711/
Djakons711/
Deakans711/
Dycouns710/
Deskans710/
Diekhans67212/
Deconche67212/
Descanse67207/
Detchans6715/
Desconze671/
Decasens671/
Dekounse671/
Disconse671/
Decahnse670/
Decutins670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Deacons
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