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    The surname Desena

    A surname, carried by 1,053 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D250

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Desena is more common than 85.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,053 people named Desena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 944.

    #23,957
    rank among US surnames
    1,053
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,763)

    Who is named Desena

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

    85% of people named Desena identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Desena

    Desena has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Desena?
    1,053 people in the United States had the surname Desena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. It ranked 23,957th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Desena?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Desena identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Desena getting more or less common?
    More common. 944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,053 in 2010, up 12%.