The Debeer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 441 people carried this name — #47,966 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 25% from 354 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Debeer surname
Literally, “the bear”.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «de Beer» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 129 people named Debeer live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Debeer.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Debeer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bernard Debeer 1977– · corporate administrative and commercial executive
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Debeer.
- Debar 268 · U.S. census
- Debard 161 · U.S. census
- Debarge 406 · U.S. census
- Debauche 447 · U.S. census
- Debay 208 · U.S. census
- Debeaumont 140 · U.S. census
- Debel 138 · U.S. census
- Debenedetti 308 · U.S. census
- Debernard 112 · U.S. census
- Debernardi 483 · U.S. census
- Debes 456 · U.S. census
- Debey 166 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Debeer is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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