How common is the surname DeSalvo?

2,932 people in the United States had the surname DeSalvo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,302 Americans. It ranked 10,866th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname DeSalvo?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named DeSalvo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named DeSalvo?

Albert DeSalvo, American criminal and convicted rapist (1931–1973).

Where is the surname DeSalvo most common?

Wikidata records people named DeSalvo in the United States.

Is the surname DeSalvo getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,932 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname DeSalvo

An Italian surname, carried by 2,932 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D241

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DeSalvo is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian De Salvo.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,932 people named DeSalvo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,302 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,976.

#10,866

rank among US surnames

2,932

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,992)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,857	Munday	2,934	105,230
#10,860	Messmer	2,933	105,266
#10,866	Owsley	2,932	105,302
#10,871	Helmuth	2,931	105,338

Who is named DeSalvo

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

95% of people named DeSalvo identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous DeSalvos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Albert DeSalvo
American criminal and convicted rapist (1931–1973)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like DeSalvo

DeSalvo has the Soundex code D241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D241.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname DeSalvo come from?: Borrowed from Italian De Salvo.
How common is the surname DeSalvo?: 2,932 people in the United States had the surname DeSalvo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,302 Americans. It ranked 10,866th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DeSalvo?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named DeSalvo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named DeSalvo?: Albert DeSalvo, American criminal and convicted rapist (1931–1973).
Where is the surname DeSalvo most common?: Wikidata records people named DeSalvo in the United States.
Is the surname DeSalvo getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,932 in 2010, down 1.5%.