Deary Surname
Approximately 2,544 people bear this surname
Deary Surname Definition:
= Dear (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff. -y.
Deary Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,261 | 1:287,438 | 26,710 |
| England | 643 | 1:86,653 | 9,466 |
| Scotland | 180 | 1:29,743 | 3,095 |
| South Africa | 152 | 1:356,432 | 32,570 |
| Israel | 104 | 1:82,285 | 9,899 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:110,519 | 8,545 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 94 | 1:47,126 | 4,063 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 171 | 1:142,546 | 12,796 |
| Scotland | 71 | 1:52,721 | 3,555 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 228 | 1:220,257 | 18,738 |
Deary (179) may also be a first name.
Deary Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
= Dear (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff. -y.
"There was a Diora, bishop of Rochester, whose name must have been an epithet of affection." Ferguson.
Deary Demographics
Average Male Deary Height
176.96 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Deary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Deary occurs most in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Deary? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 169,610th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,864,601 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Deary live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 681,368th most widely held given name globally, borne by 179 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,261 people, or 1 in 287,438. In The United States Deary is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 25 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent reside and Scotland, where 7 percent reside.
Deary Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Deary has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Deary surname increased 553 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 376 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 254 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 560 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Deary Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Deary surname is predominantly Catholic (96%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Deary last name are 5.64% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.87% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Deary earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.95% more than the national average, earning R 358,704 per year; in United States they earn 3.37% more than the national average, earning $44,601 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.56% less than the national average, earning $44,438 CAD per year.
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Deary Reference & Research
Derry DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Derry FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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