Explore the Family Name Deep

The meaning of Deep

1. Indian (northern states) and Bangladeshi: from Hindi dīp ‘lamp’, Sanskrit dīpa. It occurs commonly as the final element of compound personal names, e.g. in Kuldeep ‘light of the family’. 2. English: habitational name from Dieppe in Pas-de-Calais. Some characteristic forenames: Indian Akash, Prem, Vishal.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Deep in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Deep" saw a slight increase from 2000 to 2010. Specifically, its rank moved up from 39,240 in 2000 to 38,532 in 2010, marking a 1.8% change. The count of individuals with this surname also rose, increasing by 8.71% from 528 in 2000 to 574 in 2010. However, the proportion of people with the Deep surname per 100,000 decreased slightly by 5%, moving from 0.2 to 0.19.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,240	#38,532	1.8%
Count	528	574	8.71%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.19	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Deep

The ethnic identity distribution of individuals with the Deep surname also shifted between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders with this surname increased significantly by 70.62%, going from 13.07% in 2000 to 22.3% in 2010. Conversely, there was a notable decrease of 59.74% in the proportion of those identifying as two or more races. The majority, however, were identified as White, though this group experienced a decrease of 9.71% over the decade, dropping from 82.58% to 74.56%. There was a small emergence of Hispanic representation at 1.22% in 2010 where there was none in 2000, while the proportions of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained constant at 0%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	82.58%	74.56%	-9.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	13.07%	22.3%	70.62%
Two or More Races	3.03%	1.22%	-59.74%
Hispanic	0%	1.22%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%