Find out how popular the last name DeShazor is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named DeShazor.

DeShazor, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the DeShazor surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of DeShazor in America

DeShazor is the 57639th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The DeShazor surname appeared 353 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname DeShazor.

We can also compare 2010 data for DeShazor to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name DeShazor

The surname DESHAZOR is believed to have originated in France during the late medieval period. It is thought to be derived from the Old French words "des" meaning "of" and "hazor" referring to a hazel tree or grove. This suggests the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near or worked with hazel trees.

The earliest recorded examples of the DESHAZOR name can be traced back to records from the Normandy region of northern France in the 13th century. Variants such as DeHazor, DeHazour, and Deshaizor appear in tax rolls and parish documents from this time.

In the 14th century, a nobleman named Jean Deshazor was mentioned in the records of the Duchy of Burgundy as a landowner and minor noble. Another early bearer of the name was Guillaume Deshazor, a merchant from Rouen who was involved in the international wool trade in the late 1300s.

As the name spread across France, it became associated with certain places. The small village of Deshazor in the Pays de la Loire region may have been named after an early resident bearing the surname. Similarly, there is a Bois Deshazor (Deshazor Woods) referenced in records from Picardy in the 1500s.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name outside of France was Robert Deshazor, an English lawyer and judge who lived from 1520 to 1587. He served on the Court of Common Pleas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

In the 1600s, a French Huguenot family named Deshazor fled religious persecution and settled in Prussia, helping to establish the name in Germany. Jacques Deshazor (1634-1708) was a notable member of this branch who became a successful merchant and town councilor in Berlin.

As the name spread further in the following centuries, other notable bearers included the French artist Marcel Deshazor (1772-1844), the Dutch naval officer Dirk Deshazor (1793-1862), and the American frontiersman and trapper Joseph Deshazor (1815-1892) who explored parts of the Rocky Mountains.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name DeShazor

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname DeShazor.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for DeShazor was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of DeShazor has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name DeShazor was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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