How common is the surname DeSantis?

10,117 people in the United States had the surname DeSantis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,517 Americans. It ranked 3,530th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname DeSantis?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named DeSantis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named DeSantis?

Ron DeSantis, American politician (born 1978), followed by Casey DeSantis.

Where is the surname DeSantis most common?

Wikidata records people named DeSantis in the United States.

How do you pronounce DeSantis?

DeSantis is [dəˈsæntɪs], 3 syllables.

Is the surname DeSantis getting more or less common?

More common. 9,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,117 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname DeSantis

An Italian surname, carried by 10,117 people in the United States.

Pronounced [dəˈsæntɪs] 3 syllables Soundex D253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DeSantis is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian De Santis.

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 10,117 people named DeSantis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,517 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,997.

#3,530

rank among US surnames

10,117

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,288)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,521	Culpepper	10,135	30,463
#3,522	Broome	10,133	30,469
#3,523	Shore	10,130	30,478
#3,524	Barreto	10,127	30,487
#3,525	Correia	10,126	30,490
#3,526	McDuffie	10,125	30,493
#3,527	Betz	10,120	30,508

Who is named DeSantis

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

93% of people named DeSantis identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous DeSantiss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Santis

Surnames that sound like DeSantis

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname DeSantis come from?: Borrowed from Italian De Santis.
How common is the surname DeSantis?: 10,117 people in the United States had the surname DeSantis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,517 Americans. It ranked 3,530th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DeSantis?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named DeSantis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named DeSantis?: Ron DeSantis, American politician (born 1978), followed by Casey DeSantis.
Where is the surname DeSantis most common?: Wikidata records people named DeSantis in the United States.
How do you pronounce DeSantis?: DeSantis is [dəˈsæntɪs], 3 syllables.
Is the surname DeSantis getting more or less common?: More common. 9,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,117 in 2010, up 1.2%.
What are other spellings of DeSantis?: Santis.