Dean

in the US

There are 91,490 people with the last name "Dean" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Dean 232
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  1. is 228th most common Jensen
  2. is 229th most common Williamson
  3. is 230th most common Lynch
  4. is 231st most common Obrien
  5. is 232nd most common Dean
  6. is 233rd most common Harvey
  7. is 234th most common Franklin
  8. is 235th most common Montgomery
  9. is 236th most common Hanson

Similar Names and Nicknames

Denny, Doan, Deangelis, Deane, Denney, Deanda, Deans, Deangelo, Doane, Diana

Most Common First Names for Dean

James, Robert, John, Michael, William, David, Richard, Mary, Charles, Thomas



Meaning & History

English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean, Deane, or Deen from this word. In Scotland this is a habitational name from Den in Aberdeenshire or Dean in Ayrshire.

English: occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official who was the head of a chapter of canons in a cathedral. The Middle English word deen is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon.

Irish: variant of Deane.

Italian: occupational name cognate with 2, from Venetian dean ‘dean’, a dialect form of degan, from degano (Italian decano).


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