Dean Surname
Approximately 256,722 people bear this surname
Dean Surname Definition:
(i) This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the dean,' from residence therein; Middle English dene, a valley.
Often found as a suffix in local names, as in Todmorden, Rottingdean.
Thomas dela Dene, Hertfordshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameDean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 153,303 | 1:2,364 | 235 |
| England | 36,444 | 1:1,529 | 169 |
| Australia | 16,557 | 1:1,630 | 196 |
| Canada | 8,715 | 1:4,228 | 567 |
| Iran | 6,697 | 1:11,465 | 1,531 |
| Yemen | 3,658 | 1:7,224 | 967 |
| Bahamas | 2,947 | 1:133 | 29 |
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| New Zealand | 2,105 | 1:2,151 | 287 |
| South Africa | 1,627 | 1:33,299 | 4,252 |
| Philippines | 1,510 | 1:67,045 | 11,480 |
| Liberia | 1,496 | 1:2,947 | 387 |
| Fiji | 1,320 | 1:678 | 72 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,316 | 1:15,812 | 2,223 |
| Wales | 1,181 | 1:2,620 | 289 |
| Scotland | 1,101 | 1:4,863 | 826 |
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| Jamaica | 786 | 1:3,651 | 522 |
| Argentina | 741 | 1:57,683 | 4,888 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Indonesia | 623 | 1:212,278 | 19,940 |
| Spain | 599 | 1:78,050 | 6,779 |
| Northern Ireland | 598 | 1:3,085 | 627 |
| France | 557 | 1:119,251 | 18,016 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Italy | 519 | 1:117,836 | 19,478 |
| Cambodia | 484 | 1:31,998 | 1,557 |
| Panama | 434 | 1:9,014 | 849 |
| Dominican Republic | 431 | 1:24,206 | 1,534 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 429 | 1:3,179 | 535 |
| Pakistan | 381 | 1:468,882 | 8,297 |
| India | 339 | 1:2,262,730 | 74,613 |
| Thailand | 313 | 1:225,682 | 38,009 |
| Kuwait | 309 | 1:12,300 | 1,697 |
| Germany | 291 | 1:276,651 | 29,145 |
| Ireland | 269 | 1:17,505 | 1,903 |
| Colombia | 265 | 1:180,280 | 4,728 |
| Mexico | 263 | 1:471,963 | 8,697 |
| Ivory Coast | 261 | 1:88,396 | 4,700 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Iraq | 220 | 1:159,189 | 4,045 |
| Malaysia | 192 | 1:153,616 | 9,561 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 177 | 1:194 | 43 |
| Nigeria | 147 | 1:1,205,053 | 48,659 |
| United Arab Emirates | 140 | 1:65,445 | 6,155 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Switzerland | 128 | 1:64,163 | 7,867 |
| Papua New Guinea | 118 | 1:69,099 | 9,015 |
| Brazil | 117 | 1:1,829,695 | 59,051 |
| Guyana | 105 | 1:7,259 | 1,192 |
| Guernsey | 73 | 1:883 | 146 |
| Netherlands | 73 | 1:231,331 | 30,466 |
| China | 67 | 1:20,407,785 | 1,130 |
| Lebanon | 67 | 1:84,136 | 5,493 |
| Bermuda | 61 | 1:1,070 | 173 |
| Sweden | 58 | 1:169,772 | 11,770 |
| Norway | 54 | 1:95,228 | 13,033 |
| Cuba | 50 | 1:230,454 | 4,614 |
| Croatia | 40 | 1:105,715 | 16,512 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Isle of Man | 35 | 1:2,452 | 488 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Cook Islands | 28 | 1:649 | 92 |
| Uruguay | 28 | 1:122,563 | 11,386 |
| Denmark | 26 | 1:217,104 | 17,438 |
| Hong Kong | 24 | 1:305,645 | 3,095 |
| Japan | 24 | 1:5,326,846 | 39,939 |
| Jersey | 24 | 1:4,133 | 843 |
| Venezuela | 23 | 1:1,313,221 | 18,235 |
| Jordan | 21 | 1:421,068 | 12,361 |
| Peru | 21 | 1:1,513,530 | 22,524 |
| Czechia | 19 | 1:559,656 | 56,138 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 18 | 1:6,132 | 931 |
| Finland | 17 | 1:323,335 | 23,349 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| South Korea | 12 | 1:4,270,021 | 781 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Vietnam | 11 | 1:8,422,369 | 2,636 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Oman | 9 | 1:409,775 | 5,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8 | 1:14,082 | 855 |
| Cayman Islands | 7 | 1:9,128 | 1,205 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Haiti | 6 | 1:1,780,651 | 14,597 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Macau | 5 | 1:120,326 | 534 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 1:420,294 | 19,032 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Barbados | 4 | 1:71,862 | 1,737 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 315 | 1:14,063 | 1,824 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20,069 | 1:1,215 | 138 |
| Scotland | 537 | 1:6,971 | 989 |
| Wales | 192 | 1:8,169 | 509 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:7,753 | 762 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:10,376 | 1,795 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27,790 | 1:1,807 | 189 |
The alternate forms: Deán (8), Déan (6) & Deañ (1) are calculated separately.
Dean (497,624) may also be a first name.
Dean Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(i) This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the dean,' from residence therein; Middle English dene, a valley.
Often found as a suffix in local names, as in Todmorden, Rottingdean.
Thomas dela Dene, Hertfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Jacob de la Dene, Kent, ibid.
Johanna del Dene, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus del Dene, 1379: ibid.
Johannes de Denne, 1379: ibid.
(a) Offic. 'the dean.'
Robert le Deen, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Dean, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Of local origin. There is or was a place named Den in the perish of Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, and Dean in the parish of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, was an ancient seat of the Boyds, earls of Kilmarnock. Permission was granted in 1345 to Robert de Den, canon of Dunkeld, "for leave to choose his confessor, who shall give him plenary absolution at the hour of death" (Pap. Pet., I, p. 89). Johannes de Den in the parish of Fyvy was excommunicated in 1382 (REA., I, p. 165). In a bond of manrent dated 1703 by William Dean alias Davidson, "miller at the King's Milne (and many other individuals), who and their ancestors, all named Deans, otherwise called Davidsons," acknowledged themselves to be followers, dependents, and kinsmen under and to the lairds of Mackintosh (Mackintosh muniments, p. 150). John Dene was burgess of Irvine, 1499 (Simon, 1), William Dane, burgess of Arne, 1503 (Friars Ayr, p. 70), Thomas Deyne held a tenement in Irvine, 1542 (Irvine, I, p. 200), John Deyne was a monk of Kilwinning Abbey, 1557. John Dene or Dein in the regality of Kilwinning, 1590 (Retours, Ayr, 755), and James Dean, tenant in Chapelgill, 1792 (Lanark CR.).
(English) Dweller at a Hollow or Valley [Middle English dene, Old English denu] Adam atte Dene.—Parl. Writs.
(A,-French-Latin) Dean [Middle English deen, dene, Old French deien; Latin decan-us, a chief of ten] (Anglo-Scand.) = Dane, q.v.
Robert le Deen.—Hundred Rolls Roger le Dene.—Hundred Rolls (Celtic) Keen, Eager, Strong [Gaelic and Irish dian]
(English) Dweller at the valley or woodland pasture; one who was the head of a body of canons of a cathedral church; a member of a dean's entourage.
Anglo-Saxon denu, a vale or plain. Atte Dene is the common form in old times, implying residence at such a place. There are, however, eighteen parishes or places called Dean in the Gazetteer of Engl., and Dene occurs in Domesd. as a personal appellation.
William and Godfrey Decanus of Normandy, 1180 - 95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Bartholomew, Ralph, and William Decanus of England, 1189 (Rot. Pip.); Thomas and Hugh D., 1199 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
A location name in Hampshire, Yorkshire.
Dean,Deane. —This name has two principal areas of distribution, one in Cheshire, Staffordshire, and in their vicinity, the other in the south of England, especially in Wilts and in the counties adjacent. There are numerous parishes of the name in the south of England, a circumstance that explains the prevalence of the name in that region.
Dean Demographics
Average Male Dean Height
176.83 cm
Average Female Dean Height
163.32 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dean Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dean (Hindi: डीन, Marathi: डन, Oriya: େଦଆନ, Russian: Деан) is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as: Deán, Déan or Deañ. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dean? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,137th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 28,387 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Dean live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,028th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 497,624 people.
The surname Dean is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 153,303 people, or 1 in 2,364. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Georgia, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States it is found in 160 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Dean Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dean has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dean last name rose 552 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 615 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 205 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 15 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Dean Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (44%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Shiite (75%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Dean last name are 14.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.32% being registered with the political party.
The amount Dean earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.42% more than the national average, earning 427,143 kr per year; in Peru they earn 159.51% more than the national average, earning S/. 50,306 per year; in South Africa they earn 63.13% more than the national average, earning R 387,660 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.03% less than the national average, earning $20,198,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.99% less than the national average, earning $41,860 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.21% more than the national average, earning $51,773 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dean Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dean in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦଆନ | eda'ana | - |
| Dean in the Hindi language | ||
| डीन | dina | 92.31 |
| देअं | de'am | 7.69 |
| Dean in the Marathi language | ||
| डन | dana | 78.95 |
| देवण | devana | 10.53 |
| डेन | dena | 5.26 |
| डेअन | de'ana | 5.26 |
| Dean in the Russian language | ||
| Деан | dean | - |
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