The Debes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 456 people carried this name — #46,647 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (457).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 361 people named Debes.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 69 people named Debes live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chaco.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
41 people named Debes is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Debes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lucas Debes 1623–1675 · writer
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Hans Jákupsson Debes 1723–1769 · politician
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Peder Godtzen Debes 1765–1814 · jurist
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Jens Peter Gløersen Debes 1776–1832 · judge
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Ernst Debes 1840–1923 · surveyor
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Peter Olaf Debes 1845–1914 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Debes.
- Debeaumont 140 · U.S. census
- Debeer 441 · U.S. census
- Debel 138 · U.S. census
- Debenedetti 308 · U.S. census
- Debernard 112 · U.S. census
- Debernardi 483 · U.S. census
- Debey 166 · U.S. census
- Debias 195 · U.S. census
- Debiasi 330 · U.S. census
- Debie 245 · U.S. census
- Debien 194 · U.S. census
- Debisschop 199 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Debes is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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