Deane is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Deane
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland, Ireland, England
Meaning:

Surname is a variant of Den. A local termination, frequently occurring in the Weald of Kent and Sussex. It is synonymous with dean, a valley; but in this district it has the peculiar signification of "a woody valley, or place yield ing both covert and feeding for cattle, especially swine." Somner's Roman Ports in Kent. The right of pannage, or hog-feeding, in this woody tract -the Sylva Anderida of anterior times-is called in Saxon charters Denbera. Somner. Dr. Bosworth defines denboere as "wood-bearing, woody, yielding mast." In a charter of the year 804, Kenwulf, King of Mercia, and Cuthred, King of Kent, gave to the Monks of St. Augustine xiij denberende on Andred," which a chronicler subsequently rendered, "xiii dennas glandes portantes—13 Dens yielding acorns or mast in the forest of Andred." The following list contains such surnames with this termination as appear to me to belong exclusively to the Wealden district of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey.

Family name Deane is variation of Adeane. The same as Dean with the prefix a for at - Anglo-Saxon denu, a avle or plain. Atte Dene is the common from in old times, implying residence at such a place. There are, however, eighteen parishes or places called Dean in the Gazeteer of England., and Dene occurs in Domesday as a personal appellation.

Form of Dean. Dweller at the valley or woodland pasture; one who was the head of the body of canons of a cathedral church; a member of a dean's entourage.

Dweller at the valley or woodland pasture; one who was the head of the body of canons of a cathedral church; a member of a dean's entourage.

The variant of Den. Valley, pasture, plain, enclosed frove.

Deane is variant form of the Dean. Anglo-Saxon denu, a avle or plain. Atte Dene is the common from in old times, implying residence at such a place. There are, however, eighteen parishes or places called Dean in the Gazeteer of England., and Dene occurs in Domesday as a personal appellation.

Anglo-Saxon denu, a avle or plain. Atte Dene is the common from in old times, implying residence at such a place. There are, however, eighteen parishes or places called Dean in the Gazeteer of England., and Dene occurs in Domesday as a personal appellation.

How popular is Deane?

Deane is common in United States, England, Australia, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Northern Ireland, Barbados, Scotland, Wales, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Iran, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Deane is ranked 20941 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Deane bearers increased by 5.06 per cent in 2010 US census to 6454 since 2000, the surname slipped by 170 spots and ranked at 5393. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.86 85.45
Black 10.61 9.12
Hispanic or Latino 2.7 1.66
Others 2.09 1.76
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.7 0.93
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.04 1.09
Deane is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Turks and Caicos Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 26074 people have been found who wears Deane as their family name. Deane is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Deane:
4,931 United States9,041
1,626 England5,051
1,293 Australia3,100
492 Ireland1,783
2,223 Sri Lanka1,316
4,126 Canada1,161
Countries with hundreds of Deane:
7,398 South Africa928
1,629 New Zealand482
28 French Polynesia473
997 Northern Ireland348
209 Barbados341
2,499 Scotland245
1,648 Wales205
713 Guyana191
1,132 Trinidad and Tobago178
29,637 Iran154
1,850 Jamaica131
240 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
454 Bahamas96
34,717 Argentina92
80 Turks and Caicos Islands82
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,543 Panama44
1,478 New Caledonia42
228,660 Thailand38
19,741 Switzerland35
321,547 India33
11,471 Dominican Republic31
539 Guernsey29
52,179 Netherlands28
236,959 Brazil18
224,666 France18
13,856 Singapore17
271 British Virgin Islands15
24,362 Venezuela15
205,224 Germany14
5,530 China13
69,669 Spain13
390,383 Indonesia12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
2,398 Jersey8
50,907 Norway7
84,222 Pakistan7
1,703 Saint Lucia7
1,436 Antigua and Barbuda6
5,462 Costa Rica6
121,657 Italy6
55,922 Qatar6
695 Saint Kitts and Nevis6
2,503 United States Virgin Islands6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ben Deane worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for USA from Cork on Java and arrived on December 4, 1848. Workwoman Ellen Deane, Pat Deane (25) Workman, Workman James Deane, Honora Deane (20) Immigrant, Immigrant Thomas Deane, Mrs Deane, aged 24, Patrick Deane (35) Workman, 34 years old Bridget Deane, and 32 other Deane around 76.19% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant migrated to US.

Deane Namesakes

  • Jimmy Deane, British Trotskyist
  • Mel Deane, former rugby union footballer
  • Thomas Newenham Deane, Irish architect, the son of Sir Thomas Deane
  • Thomas Deane, father of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane
  • Thomas Manly Deane, Irish architect
  • John F. Deane, Irish poet and novelist
  • Anthony C. Deane, was canon of Worcester Cathedral
  • Disque Deane, prominent American financier and investor
  • Joel Deane, Australian poet, novelist, and speechwriter
  • Ernie Deane, American journalist and academic
  • Raymond Deane, Irish composer
  • Seamus Deane, Irish poet, novelist
  • Frederic Deane, inaugural Provost of St
  • Silas Deane, American merchant, politician, and diplomat
  • William Deane, former Australian lawyer and judge
  • Brian Deane, English football coach and former player whose most recent position was as the manager of the Norwegian side Sarpsborg 08
  • Lezlie Deane, American singer, musician, rollerderby athlete
  • Nummy Deane, South African cricketer
  • Joe Deane, Irish hurler
  • Roderick Deane, New Zealand economist, public sector reformer
  • Sid Deane, foundation Australian rugby league player
  • Meredith Deane, American child actress most
  • Mike Deane, men's assistant coach at James Madison University
  • Harry Deane, American professional baseball player
  • John R. Deane, attendee at the 1943 Moscow Conference
  • Charles B. Deane, member of the United States House of Representatives

Deane Namesakes

  • Jimmy Deane, British Trotskyist
  • Mel Deane, former rugby union footballer
  • Thomas Newenham Deane, Irish architect, the son of Sir Thomas Deane
  • Thomas Deane, father of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane
  • Thomas Manly Deane, Irish architect
  • John F. Deane, Irish poet and novelist
  • Anthony C. Deane, was canon of Worcester Cathedral
  • Disque Deane, prominent American financier and investor
  • Joel Deane, Australian poet, novelist, and speechwriter
  • Ernie Deane, American journalist and academic
  • Raymond Deane, Irish composer
  • Seamus Deane, Irish poet, novelist
  • Frederic Deane, inaugural Provost of St
  • Silas Deane, American merchant, politician, and diplomat
  • William Deane, former Australian lawyer and judge
  • Brian Deane, English football coach and former player whose most recent position was as the manager of the Norwegian side Sarpsborg 08
  • Lezlie Deane, American singer, musician, rollerderby athlete
  • Nummy Deane, South African cricketer
  • Joe Deane, Irish hurler
  • Roderick Deane, New Zealand economist, public sector reformer
  • Sid Deane, foundation Australian rugby league player
  • Meredith Deane, American child actress most
  • Mike Deane, men's assistant coach at James Madison University
  • Harry Deane, American professional baseball player
  • John R. Deane, attendee at the 1943 Moscow Conference
  • Charles B. Deane, member of the United States House of Representatives

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