Find out how popular the last name Deaville is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Deaville.

Deaville, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Deaville surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Deaville in America

Deaville is the 74608th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Deaville surname appeared 259 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Deaville.

We can also compare 2010 data for Deaville to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Deaville

The surname Deaville originated in England, likely in the late medieval period around the 13th or 14th century. It is a locational name, derived from the Old English words "dene" meaning a valley and "vill" from the Norman French word "ville" meaning a village or settlement. The name would have originally referred to someone who lived in the valley village or settlement.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname can be found in the Feet of Fines records for Staffordshire in 1308, where it was spelled as "de Denevillc". This suggests the name was already established in that region by the early 14th century. Over time, the spelling evolved to the modern form of Deaville.

In the 16th century, the Deaville surname appeared in various records across Staffordshire and neighboring counties like Derbyshire. Thomas Deaville was listed in the Wills records for Staffordshire in 1558. A John Deaville was recorded in the Parish Registers of Longford, Derbyshire in 1591.

Notable individuals with the Deaville surname include William Deaville (1601-1676), an English landowner and Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in the 17th century. Robert Deaville (1713-1781) was a prominent lawyer and Judge of the Court of King's Bench in the mid-18th century.

In the 19th century, James Deaville (1803-1879) was a renowned architect who designed several churches and public buildings in Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Joseph Deaville (1868-1942) was a British trade unionist and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party in the early 20th century.

Another notable figure was Sir Walter Deaville (1891-1972), a British Army officer who fought in World War I and later served as the Governor of Malta from 1946 to 1949. He was knighted for his military and public service.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Deaville

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Deaville.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Deaville was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Deaville has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Deaville was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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