diff --git a/count/count_min_sketch.go b/count/count_min_sketch.go
index 777fb94..9ec0f46 100644
--- a/count/count_min_sketch.go
+++ b/count/count_min_sketch.go
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ func (c *CountMinSketch) Serialize(w io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *CountMinSketch) Deserialize(b []byte, seed int64) (*CountMinSketch, error) {
+// NewCountMinSketchFromSlice deserializes a Count-Min sketch from a byte slice.
+func NewCountMinSketchFromSlice(b []byte, seed int64) (*CountMinSketch, error) {
 	r := bytes.NewReader(b)
 	var err error
 
@@ -354,3 +355,10 @@ func (c *CountMinSketch) Deserialize(b []byte, seed int64) (*CountMinSketch, err
 
 	return cms, nil
 }
+
+// Deserialize deserializes a Count-Min sketch from a byte slice.
+//
+// Deprecated: use NewCountMinSketchFromSlice instead.
+func (c *CountMinSketch) Deserialize(b []byte, seed int64) (*CountMinSketch, error) {
+	return NewCountMinSketchFromSlice(b, seed)
+}
diff --git a/count/count_min_sketch_test.go b/count/count_min_sketch_test.go
index a167b95..05f3606 100644
--- a/count/count_min_sketch_test.go
+++ b/count/count_min_sketch_test.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func Test_CountMinSketch(t *testing.T) {
 		err = c.Serialize(b)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-		d, err := c.Deserialize(b.Bytes(), seed)
+		d, err := NewCountMinSketchFromSlice(b.Bytes(), seed)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, c, d)
 		assert.NotEqual(t, &c, d)
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func Test_CountMinSketch(t *testing.T) {
 		err = c.Serialize(b)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-		d, err = c.Deserialize(b.Bytes(), seed)
+		d, err = NewCountMinSketchFromSlice(b.Bytes(), seed)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, c, d)
 		assert.NotEqual(t, &c, d)
diff --git a/examples/count_min_example_test.go b/examples/count_min_example_test.go
index b49313d..516ecb4 100644
--- a/examples/count_min_example_test.go
+++ b/examples/count_min_example_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestCountMinSketch(t *testing.T) {
 	err = sketch.Serialize(&buf)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	restored, err := sketch.Deserialize(buf.Bytes(), seed)
+	restored, err := count.NewCountMinSketchFromSlice(buf.Bytes(), seed)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, sketch.GetTotalWeight(), restored.GetTotalWeight())
 }