Explore the Family Name Deshay

The meaning of Deshay

Variant of Desha, a surname of French origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

The surname Deshay has experienced an increase in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, Deshay was ranked at 63,297 in terms of popularity, but by 2010, it had moved up to the 56,836th rank, indicating a change of 10.21 percent. The count of people with this surname also saw an increase from 295 to 359, marking an increment of 21.69 percent. Proportionally, for every 100,000 people, about 0.11 bore the surname in 2000, which rose to approximately 0.12 by 2010, a growth of 9.09 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#63,297	#56,836	10.21%
Count	295	359	21.69%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.12	9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Deshay

In terms of ethnic identity, the Deshay surname showed some significant changes from 2000 to 2010 based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. The proportion of individuals identifying as Black remained largely the same, going from 75.25 to 75.77 percent. White individuals with the Deshay surname decreased from 20.34 percent in 2000 to 14.76 percent in 2010, a drop of 27.43 percent. However, there was a notable rise in those identifying as Hispanic, with an increase of 147.34 percent from 1.69 to 4.18 percent. The number of people identifying with two or more races under the Deshay surname increased by 52.74 percent, from 2.37 to 3.62 percent. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	75.25%	75.77%	0.69%
White	20.34%	14.76%	-27.43%
Hispanic	1.69%	4.18%	147.34%
Two or More Races	2.37%	3.62%	52.74%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%