How common is the surname Deskins?

2,659 people in the United States had the surname Deskins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,113 Americans. It ranked 11,783rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Deskins getting more or less common?

More common. 2,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,659 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Deskins

A surname, carried by 2,659 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deskins is more common than 92.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,659 people named Deskins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,113 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,525.

#11,783

rank among US surnames

2,659

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,446)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,778	Crimmins	2,661	116,026
#11,781	Saha	2,660	116,070
#11,783	Robeson	2,659	116,113
#11,789	Sweigart	2,658	116,157
#11,792	Grossi	2,657	116,201

Who is named Deskins

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

90% of people named Deskins identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deskins

Deskins 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 Deskins?: 2,659 people in the United States had the surname Deskins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,113 Americans. It ranked 11,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deskins?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Deskins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Deskins getting more or less common?: More common. 2,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,659 in 2010, up 5.3%.