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    The surname Desroches

    A surname, carried by 1,849 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D262

    Desroches: #15,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Desroches #15,763, 1,849 people Desroches: #15,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Desroches #15,763, 1,849 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Desroches is more common than 90.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,849 people named Desroches in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,980 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,666.

    #15,763
    rank among US surnames
    1,849
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11%
    change since 2000 (was #16,001)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,758Shuff1,850166,889
    #15,763Delmonte1,849166,980
    #15,771Prock1,848167,070

    Who is named Desroches

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

    76% of people named Desroches identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Desroches

    Desroches has the Soundex code D262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D262.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Desroches?
    1,849 people in the United States had the surname Desroches in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,980 Americans. It ranked 15,763rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Desroches?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Desroches identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Desroches getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,849 in 2010, up 11%.