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

The last name Desmé is most common in France. It may also be found 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 occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Desmé live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Desmé is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 17 people.

The surname Desmé is most widespread in France, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 11,070,454. In France Desmé is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 50 percent reside, Centre-Val de Loire, where 17 percent reside and Normandy, where 17 percent reside. Aside from France this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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