The surname Desta
An Amharic surname, carried by 1,291 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D230
Origin
Amharic origin
Borrowed from Amharic ደስታ (dästa).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,291 people named Desta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,152 Americans. That is up 111% since 2000, when the Census counted 613.
Who is named Desta
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Desta identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Desta has the Soundex code D230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D230.
Questions
- Where does the surname Desta come from?
- Borrowed from Amharic ደስታ (dästa).
- How common is the surname Desta?
- 1,291 people in the United States had the surname Desta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,152 Americans. It ranked 20,541st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Desta?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Desta identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Desta getting more or less common?
- More common. 613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,291 in 2010, up 111%.