# DeSantis (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/desantis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,117 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,530 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,517 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (9,997 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | [dəˈsæntɪs], 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Santis |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian De Santis.

## Who carries it

Share of people named DeSantis in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named DeSantis in the United States.

## People named DeSantis

- Ron DeSantis, American politician (born 1978)
- Casey DeSantis, American television journalist and news show host (born 1980)
- Joe De Santis, actor (1909-1989)

## Similar surnames

Desantos, Desantiago, Desanto, Dechant, DiSanto, Desmet.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.