The Dechamps surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 121 people carried this name — #138,304 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (121).
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,087 people named Dechamps 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 810 people named Dechamps.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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.
Who carried it
People named Dechamps,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adolphe Deschamps 1807–1875 · writer -
Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps 1810–1883 · politician -
Amable Guillaume Auguste Dechamps 1777–1843 · official
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Pierre-Edouard Dechamps 1828–1896 · photographer
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Gustav Dechamps 1878–1942 · jurist
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Paul Dechamps 1881–1966 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dechamps.
- Decamp 2,601 · U.S. census
- Decamps 128 · U.S. census
- Decan 112 · U.S. census
- Decanter 164 · U.S. census
- Decelle 521 · U.S. census
- Dechaine 413 · U.S. census
- Dechant 1,702 · U.S. census
- Dechene 267 · U.S. census
- Deck 5,668 · U.S. census
- Decker 56,576 · U.S. census
- Deckers 136 · U.S. census
- Deckert 2,274 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dechamps is.
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