Explore the Family Name Deselms

The meaning of Deselms

Americanized form of an unidentified surname, in the US also recorded as Desellem. If the name was originally Dutch, it could possibly be an altered form of Van Selms, a habitational name from Zelhem, a village in the province of Gelderland.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Deselms increased in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 62,961st in terms of most common surnames but jumped up to 58,604th by 2010, reflecting an increase of 6.92%. The count of individuals with the Deselms surname also rose from 297 to 346 during this period, a growth of 16.5%. Additionally, the proportion of people with this surname per 100k individuals grew by 9.09%, from 0.11 to 0.12.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,961	#58,604	6.92%
Count	297	346	16.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.12	9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Deselms

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census shows that in 2000, the majority of individuals with the Deselms surname identified as White (95.96%). By 2010, this percentage slightly decreased to 90.75%. During this time frame, there was a noticeable increase in the proportion of individuals identifying as Hispanic, climbing from 2.02% in 2000 to 4.34% in 2010, marking a change of 114.85%. The census also noted a small percentage (3.47%) of individuals with the Deselms surname identifying with two or more races in 2010, data that was not available in the 2000 census. No Deselms identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.96%	90.75%	-5.43%
Hispanic	2.02%	4.34%	114.85%
Two or More Races	0%	3.47%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%