The Deras surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,567 people carried this name — #12,136 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 114,900 people counted. That is up 51% from 1,700 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 89 people named Deras.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Paris.
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.
In Poland’s population register
35 people named Deras have a registered home in Poland.
They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Deras 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
229 people named Deras are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Deras,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oliver Deras Valenzuela 2007– · professional boxer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Deras.
- Depre 129 · U.S. census
- Deprey 647 · U.S. census
- Deprez 536 · U.S. census
- Deprince 181 · U.S. census
- Depuydt 252 · U.S. census
- Deraedt 106 · U.S. census
- Derderian 966 · U.S. census
- Dere 309 · U.S. census
- Deren 456 · U.S. census
- Derendinger 109 · U.S. census
- Derenne 306 · U.S. census
- Dereu 135 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Deras is.
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