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The surname Destefano

An Italian surname, carried by 7,058 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex D231

Destefano: #4,975 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Destefano #4,975, 7,058 people Destefano: #4,975 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Destefano #4,975, 7,058 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Destefano is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Very rare spelling of Italian De Stefano.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,058 people named Destefano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,744 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,103.

#4,975
rank among US surnames
7,058
people in 2010
2.4
per 100,000 Americans
-0.6%
change since 2000 (was #4,581)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#4,971Guido7,06843,682
#4,972Doe7,06643,695
#4,974Backus7,06443,707
#4,975Destefano7,05843,744

Who is named Destefano

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

95% of people named Destefano identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Destefano

Destefano has the Soundex code D231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D231.

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Destefano come from?
Very rare spelling of Italian De Stefano.
How common is the surname Destefano?
7,058 people in the United States had the surname Destefano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,744 Americans. It ranked 4,975th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Destefano?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Destefano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Destefano getting more or less common?
Less common. 7,103 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,058 in 2010, down 0.6%.