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    The surname Deschenes

    A surname, carried by 1,801 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D252

    Deschenes: #16,079 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Deschenes #16,079, 1,801 people Deschenes: #16,079 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Deschenes #16,079, 1,801 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deschenes is more common than 90.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,801 people named Deschenes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,430 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,779.

    #16,079
    rank among US surnames
    1,801
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,194)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,071Vales1,802171,335
    #16,079Wynkoop1,801171,430
    #16,087Shehan1,800171,525

    Who is named Deschenes

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

    96% of people named Deschenes identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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 Deschenes

    Deschenes has the Soundex code D252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Deschenes?
    1,801 people in the United States had the surname Deschenes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,430 Americans. It ranked 16,079th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Deschenes?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Deschenes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Deschenes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,801 in 2010, up 1.2%.