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The Demarest surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,904 people carried this name — #10,956 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,740 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Demarest surname

Variant of Desmarais.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Demarest» (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 1,195 people named Demarest.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Seine-Maritime 449
Pas-de-Calais 215
Somme 131
Aisne 78
Paris 63
Nord 49
Oise 45
Eure 39

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 106 people named Demarest 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

West Flanders 85
Liège 9
East Flanders 7
Antwerp 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Demarest in American newspapers,
1915–1922.

Newspaper page from The Morning Tulsa Daily World carrying the name Demarest
The Morning Tulsa Daily World 1922-06-04
Newspaper page from Harrisburg Telegraph carrying the name Demarest
Harrisburg Telegraph 1915-01-14
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard-examiner carrying the name Demarest
The Ogden Standard-examiner 1922-06-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,002 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Demarest,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacobus S. Demarest d. 1835
  • Samuel Desmarest d. 1737
  • Samuel Demarest d. 1761
  • David des Marest 1620–1695
  • Jean Demarest 1645–1719
  • David Demarest 1651–1691

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Demarest.

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