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

Deutscher, 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 Deutscher surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Deutscher in America

Deutscher is the 31482nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Deutscher surname appeared 735 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 Deutscher.

We can also compare 2010 data for Deutscher 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 Deutscher

The surname DEUTSCHER is of German origin and dates back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the German word "Deutsch," which means "German" or "of German descent." The name was likely first adopted as a descriptive surname for individuals who came from German-speaking regions or had German ancestry.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname DEUTSCHER can be found in the Bavarian town of Augsburg, where a certain Michael Deutscher is mentioned in a tax record from the year 1438. This suggests that the name was already in use during the 15th century in southern Germany.

In the 16th century, the surname DEUTSCHER appears in various historical documents from the region of Saxony, such as church records and land registries. For example, a Hans Deutscher is listed as a resident of the town of Freiberg in 1562.

As the German language and culture spread across Central and Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages, the surname DEUTSCHER was also adopted by German-speaking communities in areas like Silesia (now part of Poland) and the Czech lands. In the 17th century, there are records of families with the name DEUTSCHER living in towns such as Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) and Prague.

Notable individuals with the surname DEUTSCHER include:

1. Johann Christoph Deutscher (1625-1706), a German composer and organist from Nuremberg.
2. Karl Deutscher (1809-1873), a German-born American physician and politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
3. Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967), a Polish-born British writer and political activist, known for his biographies of Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
4. Elliot Deutscher (1924-2010), an American mathematician and computer scientist, known for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence.
5. Guy Deutscher (born 1969), a British linguist and author, best known for his book "Through the Language Glass."

The surname DEUTSCHER has also been associated with various place names in German-speaking regions, such as the town of Deutscher Wald (German Forest) in Bavaria, and the Deutscher Orden (Teutonic Order), a German Catholic religious order that played a significant role in the Northern Crusades and the colonization of Prussia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Deutscher

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

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 Deutscher 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 Deutscher 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 Deutscher was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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