Explore the Family Name Degrand

The meaning of Degrand

1. French: patronymic, with fused preposition de ‘of’, from the nickname Grand ‘tall, large’. 2. American shortened form of Walloon Degrandgagnage, itself a variant, with fused preposition de ‘from’, of Grandgagnage, a habitational name from Grandgagnage in Wallonia (Belgium). The surname Degrandgagnage is not found in Belgium.

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How common is the last name Degrand in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Degrand' has seen some decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 45,308 in popularity but fell to a rank of 50,106 by 2010, marking a decrease of 10.59%. The number of individuals with this surname also declined in this period from 445 to 418, showing a 6.07% drop. The proportion of people with the Degrand surname per 100,000 decreased by 12.5% from 0.16 in 2000 to 0.14 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,308	#50,106	-10.59%
Count	445	418	-6.07%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.14	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Degrand

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Degrand surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that it is predominantly linked to the White ethnicity. In 2000, about 97.08% of individuals with this name identified as White, which slightly decreased to 95.93% in 2010. There was a small percentage (1.12%) who identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2000, but this figure dropped to 0 by 2010. There were no recorded instances of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, or belonging to two or more races during both these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.08%	95.93%	-1.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.12%	0%	0%