The Demers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,225 people carried this name — #3,839 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,009 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 28 people named Demers.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Territoire de Belfort.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Territoire de Belfort 16
Finistère 4
Haute-Saône 1

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

In print

Demers in American newspapers,
1884–1908.

Newspaper page from The Bourbon News carrying the name Demers
The Bourbon News 1907-01-25
Newspaper page from The Indian Advocate carrying the name Demers
The Indian Advocate 1908-04-01
Newspaper page from Union County Courier carrying the name Demers
Union County Courier 1884-03-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,428 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Demers in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1970s.

21 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Demers. The most, 8, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 6
Queensland 4
Victoria 3
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
South Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Demers.

Who carried it

People named Demers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Modeste Demers
    Modeste Demers 1809–1871 · missionary
  • Eugene L. Demers
    Eugene L. Demers 1842–1912 · politician
  • Louis Philippe Demers
    Louis Philippe Demers 1863–1951 · judge
  • Marie Joseph Demers
    Marie Joseph Demers 1871–1940 · lawyer
  • Pierre Demers
    Pierre Demers 1914–2017 · physicist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Pierre Demers: Thierry Leroux-Demers, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 139 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Demers,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States933 records

933 records of the Demers name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 389
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 352
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 115
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 46
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 23
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Arthur A. Demers

    Born 1916 in Maine. Enlisted 1944 at Portland; pharmacist from York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, Springvale, Maine.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard L. Demers

    Born 1930; from Suffolk County, Massachusetts. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Theodor Demers

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the City of Limerick from Liverpool, aged 28; carpenter. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 933 records for Demers in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands76 records

76 records of the Demers name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 27
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 27
  • Dutch population registers 22
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Peter Joseph Demers

    Married in 1908 in Maastricht; "electriciën". Died 1957 in Sittard, aged 77.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Barbara Lambertine Demers

    Born 1915 in Heerlen. Married in 1938 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Berend Demers

    Died 1850 in Benedenknijpe, aged 79.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 76 records for Demers in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada58 records

58 records of the Demers name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 16
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 15
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 12
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 12
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Phillip Demers

    Buried in 1988 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 55.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Demers

    Died 1955 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Antonio Joseph Demers

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 58 records for Demers in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France11 records

11 records of the Demers name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Paul Demers

    Born 1925 in Canada; died 1992 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Richard Paul Joseph Demers

    Born 1960 in Canada; died 1995 in Canada.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rene Andre Demers

    Born 1952 in Belfort; died 1983 in Belfort (Territoire de Belfort).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Demers in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Demers name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Gerhard Demers

    From Viersen. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 8 April 1915.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Demers in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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