Explore the Family Name Derise

The meaning of Derise

Altered form of French (mainly Landes) Deyris: probably a variant of Deyres, a habitational name, with fused preposition de ‘from’, denoting someone from Eyres, a place in Landes. Some characteristic forenames: French Alphonse, Emile.

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

The popularity of the surname Derise, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, saw a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Derise ranked 46,153 in popularity and had a count of 435 individuals bearing this last name. However, by 2010, the rank had dropped to 52,970 with a total count of 391, marking a decrease of 10.11 percent. The proportion of people with the Derise last name per 100,000 also decreased by 18.75 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,153	#52,970	-14.77%
Count	435	391	-10.11%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.13	-18.75%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Derise

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some shifts in the ethnic identity of people with the Derise surname between 2000 and 2010. Most notable is the increase in those identifying as Hispanic, which grew from 1.61 percent to 3.32 percent. Individuals identifying as Black slightly increased from 1.15 percent to 1.28 percent. The percentage of white individuals decreased marginally by 1.47 percent while the representation of Asian/Pacific Islander appeared for the first time in 2010 at 1.28 percent. There were no individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, and the percentage of those reporting two or more races fell to zero in 2010 from 1.84 percent in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.48%	93.09%	-1.47%
Hispanic	1.61%	3.32%	106.21%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.28%	0%
Black	1.15%	1.28%	11.3%
Two or More Races	1.84%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%