Deschamps Surname

10,008th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Deschamps Surname Definition:

(Now Chamier). French Protestant refugees from Bergerac in Perigord.

Deschamps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France38,2391:1,737103
Canada7,8831:4,674661
United States2,6781:135,34714,173
Brazil1,6371:130,7724,977
Belgium1,6271:7,066942
Dominican Republic1,4791:7,054644
Mexico4351:285,3486,594
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
New Caledonia2651:1,04230
South Africa1781:304,36929,195
Argentina1691:252,92020,480
Germany1681:479,19941,567
Australia1531:176,44217,942
Haiti1461:73,1773,931
England1461:381,63126,761
Switzerland1251:65,7038,012
Spain891:525,30425,940
Chile691:255,3117,659
Thailand501:1,412,767195,138
French Polynesia431:6,5301,442
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Mauritius381:34,0376,811
Dominica361:2,108328
Colombia271:1,769,41011,599
Luxembourg241:24,1894,693
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Venezuela171:1,776,71022,419
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Guam81:20,0153,029
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Panama61:652,04310,051
China61:227,886,92811,701
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Saint Pierre and Miquelon21:3,200337
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malta11:430,2723,380
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1261:398,56129,579

Deschamps (109) may also be a first name.

Deschamps Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Now Chamier). French Protestant refugees from Bergerac in Perigord.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Deschamps Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Deschamps Come From? nationality or country of origin

Deschamps is found most frequently in France. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Deschamps? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,008th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 129,660 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Deschamps live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 900,062nd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 109 people.

Deschamps is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 38,239 people, or 1 in 1,737. In France it is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 16 percent reside, Normandy, where 14 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent reside. Not including France it is found in 83 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Deschamps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Deschamps has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Deschamps surname increased 2,125 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 859 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 150 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Deschamps Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Deschamps surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Deschamps last name are 7.17% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.4% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Deschamps earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 18.42% more than the national average, earning R 281,412 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.25% more than the national average, earning $22,759,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.7% more than the national average, earning $47,336 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.67% less than the national average, earning $44,881 CAD per year.

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