The Descamps surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 221 people carried this name — #84,748 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 13% from 195 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,499 people named Descamps.
124 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 3,163 people named Descamps 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
56 people named Descamps live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 56 people named Descamps live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Descamps,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste Descamps 1706–1791 · writer -
Jean-Baptiste Descamps 1714–1791 · writer
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Marc-Antoine Descamps 1742–1836 · curator -
Nathalie Désirée Descamps d. 1851
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Antoni Ignasi Descamps i de Riu 1620–1676 · professor
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Bernard Descamps 1758–1825 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Descamps.
- Desandre 211 · U.S. census
- Desante 136 · U.S. census
- Desanti 894 · U.S. census
- Desautel 558 · U.S. census
- Desautels 1,436 · U.S. census
- Desbiens 361 · U.S. census
- Deschamp 411 · U.S. census
- Deschamps 2,097 · U.S. census
- Deschenes 1,801 · U.S. census
- Deschepper 504 · U.S. census
- Deschler 471 · U.S. census
- Deschryver 147 · U.S. census
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