The surname Despain
A surname, carried by 3,964 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D215
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,964 people named Despain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,887 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,598.
#8,350
rank among US surnames
3,964
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+10.2%
change since 2000 (was #8,437)
Who is named Despain
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Despain identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Despain
Despain has the Soundex code D215, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D215.
Questions
- How common is the surname Despain?
- 3,964 people in the United States had the surname Despain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,887 Americans. It ranked 8,350th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Despain?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Despain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Despain getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,964 in 2010, up 10%.