Explore the Family Name Dysart

The meaning of Dysart

Scottish (Lanarkshire and Angus): habitational name from any of various places, notably the one in Fife, named from Gaelic dìseart ‘hermit’s cell, church’ (from Latin desertum ‘desert, waste, solitary spot’).

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Dysart has seen a slight decrease in rank between 2000 and 2010, falling from 15,340th place to 16,214th, marking a dip of 5.7%. However, despite this fall in ranking, the actual count of people bearing the Dysart surname saw an increase of 1.25% during this period, growing from 1,759 individuals in 2000 to 1,781 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people also decreased slightly by 7.69%, moving from 0.65 to 0.6.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,340	#16,214	-5.7%
Count	1,759	1,781	1.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.65	0.6	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dysart

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Dysart, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although the percentage dropped slightly by 3.71% between 2000 and 2010, moving from 83.91% to 80.80%. During the same period, the proportion of those identifying as Hispanic and American Indian and Alaskan Native saw significant increases, with jumps of 116.81% and 110.00% respectively. The proportion of those identifying as Black saw a modest increase of 3.18%, while a decrease was observed in the Asian/Pacific Islander category by 2.50%. An interesting growth was noted in individuals who identified with two or more races, which increased by 38.11%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.91%	80.8%	-3.71%
Black	11.65%	12.02%	3.18%
Two or More Races	2.44%	3.37%	38.11%
Hispanic	1.19%	2.58%	116.81%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.4%	0.84%	110%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.39%	-2.5%