Deme surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Deme surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 295 people carried this name — #66,931 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 57% from 188 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 361 people named Deme.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Ille-et-Vilaine 93
Loire-Atlantique 48
Mayenne 34
Calvados 28
Orne 19
Vendée 17
Maine-et-Loire 16
Manche 15

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Deme live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 10
Vaud 9
Aargau 5
Geneva 5
Fribourg 3
Zug 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Deme,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Károly Deme 1857–1926 · editing staff
  • Sarolta Deme 1918–1973 · nurse
  • László Deme 1921–2011 · Esperantist
  • Masanobu Deme 1932–2016 · film director
  • Masanobu Deme 1932–2016 · film director
  • Gábor Deme 1934–1984 · dramaturge

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Deme is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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