Last names beginning with D

Last names from DESA to DESY

Each of the names is displayed with corresponding data on the name's rank and the number of time it shows up in census. Some surnames are also augmented with information about their origins and meanings. Names are sorted in alphabetical order.

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Desa	35,487			600	Croatian
Desabato	142,819			107
Desadier	72,717	57,642		249
Desai	2,540	5,068		13,057	Indian
Desain	128,797			122	Maltese
Desales	73,931			244
Desalle	74,398	64,618		242	Belgian
Desalvatore	82,691	73,626		212
Desalvio	111,740			146
Desalvo	9,992	9,248		2,976	Italian
Desamour	125,639			126
Desamours	126,400			125	Haitian
Desanctis	34,038	40,944		631	Italian
Desando	78,035	73,624		228
Desandre	80,812			218	Belgian
Desandro	103,193			161
Desano	124,872	47,698		127
Desante	116,123			139
Desanti	31,492	19,232		695	Italian
Desantiago	6,463	11,089		4,845	Portuguese

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Desantis	3,288	3,604		9,997	Italian
Desanto	12,955	20,947		2,171	Italian
Desantos	25,825	73,623		895
Desanzo	147,095			103
Desapio	103,193			161
Desarden	116,835			138
Desario	51,945			376	Italian
Desarno	51,024			384	Italian
Desaro	125,639			126
Desarro	69,636			263	Italian
Desart	82,019			214	Belgian
Desatnik	146,011	64,616		104	Slovakian
Desatoff	138,741			111
Desaulnier	126,400			125
Desaulniers	36,232	52,190		584	French
Desaussure	79,115			224
Desautel	39,617	47,697		522
Desautell	147,095			103
Desautels	19,398	23,885		1,291
Desbien	150,436			100

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Desbiens	55,124	30,526		349	French
Descalzo	130,443			120	Spanish
Descamps	88,461	64,615		195	Jewish
Descant	61,207			307
Desch	16,283	19,726		1,629	Slovakian
Deschaine	22,065	25,684		1,094
Deschamp	52,077	18,264		375	Belgian
Deschamps	14,792	10,927		1,841	French
Deschane	85,996			202
Descheenie	143,847			106
Deschene	32,129	73,622		677
Descheneaux	138,741			111
Deschenes	15,194	17,798		1,779	French
Deschepper	45,227	47,696		446	Dutch
Descher	124,109			128	Hungarian
Deschler	48,293			411
Deschner	60,230	30,525		313	Hungarian
Deschryver	121,058			132
Desciscio	144,908			105
Descombes	129,619	47,695		121	Belgian

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Descoteau	102,173	27,792		163
Descoteaux	28,824	14,932		777	French
Desdunes	122,534			130	Creole
Desell	150,436			100
Deselle	111,119			147	Belgian
Deselms	62,961			297
Desena	24,763	33,937		944	Italian
Desenberg	84,631			206	Austrian
Desens	82,344			213
Desensi	113,519			143
Deserio	56,246	27,791		340	Italian
Desersa	122,534			130
Deseve	136,783			113
Desforges	62,046	86,001		302	French
Desfosses	57,544	38,215		331	Belgian
Desgrange	131,366			119
Desgranges	84,310			207	Haitian
Desha	44,350	40,943		457
Deshaies	32,302	21,643		672	Belgian
Deshais	124,872			127

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Deshane	28,460			789	French
Deshano	72,237			251
Desharnais	51,809	44,064		377
Deshaw	34,757	52,188		615	French
Deshay	63,297	33,936		295
Deshayes	99,725	73,621		168
Deshazer	21,469	27,790		1,135
Deshazier	55,732			344
Deshazo	14,149	14,656		1,949
Deshazor	61,713			304
Desher	136,783	73,620		113
Desherlia	89,172			193
Deshetler	79,115			224
Deshield	96,918			174
Deshields	12,367	11,245		2,304
Deshler	40,465	52,187		509
Deshmukh	41,722			491	Indian
Deshner	120,330	40,942		133
Deshommes	70,473			259	Haitian
Deshon	31,848	26,656		685	French	Local: 'Dijon,' a to...

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Deshone	95,567			177
Deshong	16,022	13,310		1,663
Deshotel	16,819	12,652		1,562
Deshotels	40,833	47,694		504	Creole
Deshpande	23,128	64,613		1,031	Indian
Desiano	139,757			110
Desiato	71,808	85,999		253
Desiderato	149,328			101
Desiderio	14,422	19,725		1,899	Italian
Desiena	96,033			176
Desilet	131,366			119
Desilets	21,832	14,655		1,110	French
Desilva	7,698	6,088		3,986	Jewish
Desilvey	127,948			123
Desilvio	117,538	64,612		137
Desimas	148,244	73,619		102
Desimini	136,783			113
Desimon	131,366			119
Desimone	3,953	4,424		8,242	Italian
Desin	137,816			112

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Desing	139,757			110
Desinor	89,172			193	Haitian
Desio	38,890			534	Italian
Desir	10,557	18,263		2,788	Haitian
Desire	40,690			506	Spanish
Desisto	30,970	52,185		709	Italian
Desjardin	26,306	21,642		873	Belgian
Desjardins	7,462	4,943		4,114	Jewish
Desjarlais	22,983	40,941		1,039
Desjean	150,436			100
Deska	130,443			120	Hungarian
Deskin	30,645	25,683		718	Jewish
Deskins	11,446	12,443		2,525
Desko	63,812	73,618		292	Slovakian
Deslandes	65,133	52,184		285	Creole
Deslatte	51,352	38,214		381
Deslaurier	105,374	85,994		157
Deslauriers	20,319	14,085		1,217	French
Desler	106,477	44,063		155
Desloge	118,954	85,993		135

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Desloover	80,502			219	Belgian
Desmangles	104,819			158	Haitian
Desmarais	7,586	5,961		4,043
Desmarteau	89,172			193
Desmedt	109,915			149	Belgian
Desmet	21,307	38,213		1,146	Jewish
Desmidt	66,274			279	Dutch
Desmit	81,700			215	Flemish
Desmith	45,482	40,940		443	Dutch
Desmond	4,514	5,129		7,233	Jewish
Desmore	101,157	73,617		165
Desnoyer	113,519			143	French
Desnoyers	36,807	23,884		572	French
Deso	69,636	64,609		263	Hungarian
Desocio	57,252			333	Italian
Desola	98,298	47,693		171	Jewish
Desomer	134,037			116	Belgian
Desomma	79,958	52,183		221
Deson	146,011			104
Desonia	101,157	73,616		165	French

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Desopo	148,244			102
Desorbo	64,750	85,990		287	Italian
Desorcy	82,344	52,182		213
Desormeau	74,957	73,615		240	Belgian
Desormeaux	24,560	23,109		954	Creole
Desormier	111,119			147
Desosa	146,011			104
Desota	119,644			134
Desotel	96,480	64,608		175
Desotell	55,237			348
Desotelle	107,565			153
Desoto	11,876	13,540		2,414
Desourdy	122,534			130
Desousa	9,287	11,244		3,227	Portuguese
Desouza	7,003	9,581		4,413	Portuguese
Despain	8,437	7,987		3,598
Despard	73,659	38,212		245
Desper	35,053	23,883		609	Belgian
Despins	96,918			174	French
Despirito	62,396			300	Italian

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Desplaines	140,756			109
Desplinter	89,172			193
Desporte	127,948	85,986		123	Belgian
Desposito	27,646	47,692		820	Italian
Despot	61,207			307	Croatian
Despres	21,510	11,720		1,132	Falkland
Desprez	125,639			126
Desravines	62,577			299	Haitian
Desroche	70,906			257	Belgian
Desrocher	47,389	85,984		421
Desrochers	11,788	6,767		2,434	French
Desroches	16,001	11,088		1,666	French
Desrosier	33,020	20,946		654	Haitian
Desrosiers	6,245	5,345		5,039	French
Desruisseaux	51,583	73,614		379	French
Dess	67,725	29,099		272	Hungarian
Dessaint	109,328			150
Dessalines	99,725			168	Haitian
Dessart	76,465			234	Jewish
Dessau	134,037			116	Jewish

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Dessauer	85,996			202	Jewish
Dessecker	87,348	32,146		198	Belgian
Dessel	81,700			215	Belgian
Desselie	108,153			152
Desselle	27,150	57,640		838	Belgian
Desselles	88,825			194
Dessellier	149,328			101
Desser	66,274			279	Jewish
Dessert	30,120	14,931		734	French
Dessin	89,549			192	Haitian
Dessler	121,780			131
Dessner	138,741			111
Desso	67,725	57,639		272
Dessources	63,450			294	Haitian
Dessoye	121,780			131	Belgian
Dest	68,973	38,211		266	Slovakian
Desta	34,856			613	Ethiopian
Destasio	55,237	38,210		348	Italian
Destefani	111,740	73,613		146	Jewish
Destefanis	50,261	52,181		391	Italian

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Destefano	4,581	6,447		7,103	Italian
Destephano	94,676	85,983		179
Dester	104,257			159	Romanian
Desterle	120,330			133
Destin	32,743			661	Jewish
Destine	47,210	52,180		423	French
Destino	125,639			126
Destito	79,958			221
Destra	148,244			102
Destrampe	132,259			118
Destree	104,257	57,637		159	Belgian
Destremps	147,095			103
Destro	75,219	47,690		239	Italian
Desue	89,172	57,636		193
Desutter	59,611	85,981		317	Dutch
Desvarieux	124,109			128	Haitian
Desvignes	109,328			150	Belgian
Deswood	139,757			110
Desy	71,808			253	Belgian