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    The surname Desantiago

    A surname, carried by 6,864 people in the United States.

    5 syllables Soundex D253

    Desantiago: #5,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Desantiago #5,100, 6,864 people Desantiago: #5,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Desantiago #5,100, 6,864 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Desantiago is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,864 people named Desantiago in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,980 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,845.

    #5,100
    rank among US surnames
    6,864
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,463)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,091Gastelum6,88044,876
    #5,092Fannin6,87344,922
    #5,093Dugas6,87144,935
    #5,094Joslin6,86844,954
    #5,095Penrod6,86744,961
    #5,096Andino6,86644,967
    #5,097Krauss6,86544,974

    Who is named Desantiago

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

    97% of people named Desantiago identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Desantiago

    Desantiago has the Soundex code D253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D253.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Desantiago?
    6,864 people in the United States had the surname Desantiago in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,980 Americans. It ranked 5,100th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Desantiago?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Desantiago identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Desantiago getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,864 in 2010, up 42%.