Explore the Family Name Deprey

The meaning of Deprey

French: variant of Depré and Deprez and, in North America, also an altered form of the latter. Some characteristic forenames: French Aime, Alphie, Alyre, Camille, Normand, Renold, Ursule, Vernice.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Deprey has grown slightly from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Deprey was ranked 35,106th in terms of commonality and by 2010 it had risen to a rank of 34,878th, representing a modest change of 0.65%. The count of people with this surname also increased by 6.41% in this same period - from 608 in 2000 to 647 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion per 100k people, there was a slight decrease of 4.35%, moving from 0.23 in 2000 to 0.22 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,106	#34,878	0.65%
Count	608	647	6.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.22	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Deprey

In relation to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Deprey identify as White, constituting 97.04% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 96.75% by 2010. The number of Depreys identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander fell from 0.82% in 2000 to none being recorded in 2010. Similarly, those indicating they were of two or more races decreased by 6.10% during this decade. Interestingly, while no Depreys identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, there was a significant increase of 86.87% in those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 0.99% in 2000 to 1.85% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.04%	96.75%	-0.3%
Hispanic	0.99%	1.85%	86.87%
Two or More Races	0.82%	0.77%	-6.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.82%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%