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    The surname Derose

    A surname, carried by 4,135 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D620

    Derose: #8,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Derose #8,002, 4,135 people Derose: #8,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Derose #8,002, 4,135 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Derose is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,135 people named Derose in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,666 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,921.

    #8,002
    rank among US surnames
    4,135
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #7,826)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,995Willman4,13774,630
    #7,997McAnally4,13674,648
    #8,002Derose4,13574,666
    #8,003Karns4,13374,703
    #8,005Arcos4,13274,721
    #8,006Adelman4,13174,739
    #8,010Yousif4,13074,757

    Who is named Derose

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Derose identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Deroses

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Peter DeRose
      American composer of jazz and pop music (1900–1953)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Derose

    Derose has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Derose?
    4,135 people in the United States had the surname Derose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,666 Americans. It ranked 8,002nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Derose?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Derose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Derose?
    Peter DeRose, American composer of jazz and pop music (1900–1953).
    Where is the surname Derose most common?
    Wikidata records people named Derose in the United States.
    Is the surname Derose getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,135 in 2010, up 5.5%.