How rare is the last name Dewey?

11,620 people in the United States have the last name Dewey, about 1 in 25,723. It ranks #3,025 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DEWEY

#3,025

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,620
About
1 in 25,723
This common or more
52.7%
Who bears it

Of the 11,620 people with the last name Dewey, 88.9% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as two or more races and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dewey

#3,023 Carvalho · 11,628#3,024 Nadeau · 11,622#3,026 Nielson · 11,615#3,027 Curley · 11,610

Also a first name

As a first name, Dewey ranks #2,214 of 53,615, with 11,845 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1898, with 1,219 births. See Dewey as a first name

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