Explore the Family Name Depatie

The meaning of Depatie

Altered form (Dépatie) of French Despatis: habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article des ‘from the’, denoting someone from Les Patis, the name of several places in various parts of France, from Old French pastis ‘pasture’. The surname Despatis is very rare in France, found mainly in Nièvre and Loiret. History: The progenitor of the Dépaties was Nicolas Forget dit Despatis from Alençon in Orne, France, who married Madeleine Martin in Quebec City, QC, in 1653. His descendants also bear the surname Forget. Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Michel, Renald.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Depatie saw a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 63,450 in popularity and had a count of 294, equating to approximately 0.11 per 100K people. By 2010, its rank had fallen to 68,345 with a count of 288, or around 0.1 per 100K people. This represents a popularity decline of 7.71% and a count reduction of 2.04%.

20002010Change
Rank#63,450#68,345-7.71%
Count294288-2.04%
Proportion per 100k0.110.1-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Depatie

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of those bearing the Depatie surname identify as White. In 2000, this figure stood at 97.96%, decreasing slightly to 97.22% by 2010. The table also shows that there was no change in the percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during this period. However, by 2010, there was a small increase in the number who identified with two or more races, standing at 1.74%.

20002010Change
White97.96%97.22%-0.76%
Two or More Races0%1.74%0%
Asian/Pacific Islander0%0%0%
Hispanic0%0%0%
Black0%0%0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native0%0%0%