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    The surname Desanto

    A surname, carried by 1,889 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D253

    Desanto: #15,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Desanto #15,499, 1,889 people Desanto: #15,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Desanto #15,499, 1,889 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Desanto is more common than 90.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,889 people named Desanto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,444 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,171.

    #15,499
    rank among US surnames
    1,889
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13%
    change since 2000 (was #12,955)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,494Brogden1,890163,357
    #15,499Emert1,889163,444
    #15,503Shand1,888163,530
    #15,508Lucht1,887163,617

    Who is named Desanto

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

    95% of people named Desanto identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Desanto

    Desanto 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 Desanto?
    1,889 people in the United States had the surname Desanto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,444 Americans. It ranked 15,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Desanto?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Desanto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Desanto getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,889 in 2010, down 13%.