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

Desotelle, 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 Desotelle surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Desotelle in America

Desotelle is the 99845th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Desotelle surname appeared 181 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 Desotelle.

We can also compare 2010 data for Desotelle 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 Desotelle

The surname DESOTELLE is believed to have originated in France during the medieval period. It is thought to be a locational surname, derived from a specific place or region where the earliest bearers of the name hailed from. One possible source is the village of Sautelle, located in the Auvergne region of central France. The prefix "de" in the name suggests it was used to denote being "from" that particular place.

Historical records mention variations of the spelling, such as Desautelle, Desotell, and Desautelle, appearing in documents dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries. While the name does not appear in the famous Domesday Book, which was a survey of land ownership in England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086, there are references to individuals bearing this surname in French chronicles and parish records from the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname DESOTELLE was Jean Desotelle, who was born around 1425 in the village of Sautelle. He is mentioned in local records as a landowner and farmer. Another notable bearer of the name was Pierre Desotelle, a merchant and trader who lived in the city of Lyon in the late 15th century.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name DESOTELLE began to spread beyond the Auvergne region as families migrated to other parts of France. In the 18th century, the surname is found in records from the city of Paris, where Jacques DESOTELLE (1712-1782) was a respected lawyer and legal scholar.

As the name continued to disperse, it also traveled to other parts of Europe and eventually to the Americas. One notable individual was Philippe DESOTELLE (1785-1856), a French soldier who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and later immigrated to Canada, where he settled in the province of Quebec.

Another significant figure with the DESOTELLE surname was Marie-Jeanne DESOTELLE (1832-1911), a French writer and feminist activist who campaigned for women's rights and education in the late 19th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Desotelle

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

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 Desotelle 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 Desotelle 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 Desotelle was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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