The Deon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 753 people carried this name — #30,889 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 758 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 301 people named Deon.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Aube.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
44 people named Deon live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Deon live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Deon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luca Deon 1966– · architect
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Kinigra Deon 1988– · actor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Deon.
- Dentinger 412 · U.S. census
- Dentz 243 · U.S. census
- Denu 277 · U.S. census
- Denys 361 · U.S. census
- Denzer 1,127 · U.S. census
- Deo 1,578 · U.S. census
- Depaepe 265 · U.S. census
- Depas 287 · U.S. census
- Depasse 145 · U.S. census
- Depaul 2,115 · U.S. census
- Depauw 795 · U.S. census
- Depetris 414 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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