How common is the last name Dempsey?

25,900 people in the United States have the last name Dempsey, about 1 in 11,540. It ranks #1,330 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DEMPSEY

#1,330

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
25,900
About
1 in 11,540
This common or more
43%
Who bears it

Of the 25,900 people with the last name Dempsey, 85.7% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Black and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dempsey

#1,328 Hopper · 26,014#1,329 Head · 26,001#1,331 Sheehan · 25,895#1,332 Quezada · 25,879

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dempsey, most common first.

#12,508 Dempster · 2,366#17,524 Demps · 1,576#108,965 Dempski · 173#120,768 Dempsay · 151#145,028 Dempsy · 116

Also a first name

As a first name, Dempsey ranks #6,885 of 53,615, with 2,277 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2014, with 124 births. See Dempsey as a first name

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