How common is the surname Desir?

4,241 people in the United States had the surname Desir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,800 Americans. It ranked 7,803rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Desir?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Desir identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Desir getting more or less common?

More common. 2,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,241 in 2010, up 52%.

The surname Desir

A surname, carried by 4,241 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Desir is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,241 people named Desir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,800 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,788.

#7,803

rank among US surnames

4,241

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+52.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,557)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,796	Greeley	4,246	72,714
#7,799	Doggett	4,245	72,732
#7,801	Perera	4,242	72,783
#7,803	Mullaney	4,241	72,800
#7,807	Thies	4,240	72,817

Who is named Desir

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

90% of people named Desir identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Desir

Decuir

Desir has the Soundex code D260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D260.

Questions

How common is the surname Desir?: 4,241 people in the United States had the surname Desir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,800 Americans. It ranked 7,803rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Desir?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Desir identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Desir getting more or less common?: More common. 2,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,241 in 2010, up 52%.