The surname DeShong
A French surname, carried by 2,049 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D252
Origin
French origin
Americanized form of French Deschamps.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,049 people named DeShong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,681 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,663.
Who is named DeShong
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named DeShong identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 84%
- Black (not Hispanic) 10%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
DeShong has the Soundex code D252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D252.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname DeShong come from?
- Americanized form of French Deschamps.
- How common is the surname DeShong?
- 2,049 people in the United States had the surname DeShong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,681 Americans. It ranked 14,545th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname DeShong?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named DeShong identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname DeShong getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,663 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,049 in 2010, up 23%.