Desmé Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Desmé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Desmé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France61:11,070,454349,096
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Desme (256) & Desmè (1) are calculated separately.

Desmé (17) may also be a first name.

Desmé Last Name Facts

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

Desmé has its highest incidence in France. It can also be rendered as a variant: Desme or Desmè. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Desmé? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Desmé reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.

The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 11,070,454. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 50 percent reside, Centre-Val de Loire, where 17 percent reside and Normandy, where 17 percent reside. Apart from France this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 18 percent reside and Italy, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Desme93256/
Desmè931/
Desmée918/
Demé8932/
Desma80234/
Desmi80207/
Demée809/
Deméň807/
Demét801/
Desmet7318,162/
Desmit73817/
Desmis73526/
Desmay7398/
Desmee7391/
Deisma7355/
Diesma7349/
Deisme7344/
Desmed7344/
Deshmi7334/
Desmer7331/
Deshma7325/
Deasmi7315/
Desmid7310/
Dessma732/
Desmai732/
Desmoy732/
Deshme732/
Desmie732/
Deusme731/
Desmes731/
Deszme731/
Desmey731/
Deasma731/
Desmma731/
Deesmi731/
Deme6788,572/
Dema6749,194/
Demi675,683/
Desmedt675,502/
Desmidt672,153/
Demy671,545/
Desmets67116/
Desmetz6798/
Desmitt6745/
Desmett6727/
Desmaya6718/
Desmetd6717/
Dimé6713/
Demè6710/
Deshmeh6710/
Desmyth677/
Desmist676/
Desmais675/
Démé673/
Demá672/
Deshmer672/
Deeshma671/
Deshmma671/
Desmypf671/
Dessmer671/
Dèmé671/
Dîmé671/
Desmitd671/
Deshmey671/
Deshmee671/
Deesmer671/
Deasmit670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Desmé
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