How common is the surname Desilva?

4,731 people in the United States had the surname Desilva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,260 Americans. It ranked 7,075th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Desilva?

In the 2010 Census, 42% of people named Desilva identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Desilva getting more or less common?

More common. 3,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,731 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Desilva

A surname, carried by 4,731 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D241

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Desilva is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,731 people named Desilva in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,260 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,986.

#7,075

rank among US surnames

4,731

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+18.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,698)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,071	Westover	4,734	65,219
#7,073	Freitag	4,733	65,233
#7,074	Maynor	4,732	65,246
#7,075	Desilva	4,731	65,260

Who is named Desilva

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

42% of people named Desilva identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 42%
Asian and Pacific Islander 32%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.7%
Two or more races 6.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Desilva

Desilva has the Soundex code D241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D241.

Questions

How common is the surname Desilva?: 4,731 people in the United States had the surname Desilva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,260 Americans. It ranked 7,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Desilva?: In the 2010 Census, 42% of people named Desilva identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Desilva getting more or less common?: More common. 3,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,731 in 2010, up 19%.