The Deese surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,626 people carried this name — #5,265 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,350 in 2000.

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In print

Deese in American newspapers,
1905–1919.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Deese
The San Francisco Call 1905-09-01
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Deese
The Montgomery Advertiser 1913-04-16
Newspaper page from The Pulaskian carrying the name Deese
The Pulaskian 1919-01-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,522 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Deese in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

20 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Deese. The most, 7, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 7
Victoria 4
Tasmania 3
Western Australia 3
Queensland 1
South Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Deese.

Who carried it

People named Deese,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Deese 1921–1999 · psychologist
  • Alma Wynelle Deese 1939–2020 · writer
  • David Deese 1941–2011 · accountant

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Deese,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States296 records

296 records of the Deese name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 227
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry W. Deese

    Born 1907 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; sales agent. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1953, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Edward Deese

    Born 1947; from Hickory, North Carolina. U.S. Army, pioneer; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Deese

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the Minnesota from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 296 records for Deese in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany6 records

6 records of the Deese name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Theodor Deese

    From Walstedde, Münster. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 12 May 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 166).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Deese

    From Eickel, Gelsenkirchen. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 6 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 468).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franz Deese

    From Dortmund. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 4 April 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Deese in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Deese name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Franciscus Deese

    Buried in 1803 in Groningen.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Betje Deese

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1834 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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