Time Traveler <t.timetraveler@verizon.net> asked: << Is the DEANS surname more common in any part of Ireland? >> The CD Index to Griffith's Valuation has 22 entries for Deans and 3 entries for Deanes. Not counting 2 of 3 entries which have the same forename and parish, the distribution by county is as follows: Deans Deanes Londonderry 9 1 Antrim 6 1 Tyrone 3 Armagh 1 Tipperary 1 Wicklow 1