The Delmar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,184 people carried this name — #21,926 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,124 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Delmar surname
Contraction of Delamare and de la Mare, from places in Normandy named La Mare (“the pond”). In the US, also borrowed from Catalan del Mar (“of the sea”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Delmar» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Delmar.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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 Delmar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eugene Delmar 1841–1909 · chess player -
Eugene Delmar 1841–1909 · chess player -
Axel Delmar 1867–1929 · actor -
Harry Delmar 1892–1984 · theatrical producer -
Kenny Delmar 1910–1984 · actor -
Hedwig Delmar 1897–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Delmar.
- Dellenbach 230 · U.S. census
- Dellerba 137 · U.S. census
- Delles 333 · U.S. census
- Delli 112 · U.S. census
- Dellinger 8,040 · U.S. census
- Dellis 360 · U.S. census
- Delmas 499 · U.S. census
- Delmer 108 · U.S. census
- Delmont 466 · U.S. census
- Delmonte 1,849 · U.S. census
- Delmotte 203 · U.S. census
- Deloge 264 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Delmar is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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