How common is the surname Desoto?

2,617 people in the United States had the surname Desoto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,977 Americans. It ranked 11,946th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Desoto?

In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Desoto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Desoto getting more or less common?

More common. 2,414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,617 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Desoto

A surname, carried by 2,617 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Desoto is more common than 92.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,617 people named Desoto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,977 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,414.

#11,946

rank among US surnames

2,617

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,876)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,938	Heiden	2,620	117,842
#11,940	Brickner	2,619	117,887
#11,942	Bitter	2,618	117,932
#11,946	Polly	2,617	117,977
#11,952	Botkin	2,616	118,022
#11,954	McMullan	2,615	118,067

Who is named Desoto

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

50% of people named Desoto identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 50%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 42%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Desoto

Desoto has the Soundex code D230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D230.

Questions

How common is the surname Desoto?: 2,617 people in the United States had the surname Desoto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,977 Americans. It ranked 11,946th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Desoto?: In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Desoto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Desoto getting more or less common?: More common. 2,414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,617 in 2010, up 8.4%.