The surname Desantos
A surname, carried by 1,066 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex D253
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,066 people named Desantos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,630 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 895.
#23,737
rank among US surnames
1,066
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+19.1%
change since 2000 (was #25,825)
Who is named Desantos
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Desantos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 77%
- White (not Hispanic) 14%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Desantos
Desantos 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 Desantos?
- 1,066 people in the United States had the surname Desantos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,630 Americans. It ranked 23,737th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Desantos?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Desantos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Desantos getting more or less common?
- More common. 895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,066 in 2010, up 19%.