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

The Deschamps surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,097 people carried this name — #14,279 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 140,800 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,841 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 13,490 people named Deschamps.

109 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 109
Seine-Maritime 1,389
Paris 1,265
Nord 737
Eure 434
Haute-Vienne 401
Côte-d’Or 379
Yvelines 365
Saône-et-Loire 352

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 762 people named Deschamps 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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 265
West Flanders 244
Brussels-Capital 85
Walloon Brabant 50
Namur 42
Flemish Brabant 27
East Flanders 20
Liège 15

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

151 people named Deschamps live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 76
Geneva 24
Bern 12
Fribourg 10
Valais 10
Basel-Stadt 9
Jura 4
Lucerne 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.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 124 people named Deschamps 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 99
City of Buenos Aires 25

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Deschamps in American newspapers,
1899–1905.

Newspaper page from Zgoda : Wydania Dla Niewiast carrying the name Deschamps
Zgoda : Wydania Dla Niewiast 1905-09-21
Newspaper page from La Democracia carrying the name Deschamps
La Democracia 1899-01-21
Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Deschamps
The St. Louis Republic 1902-06-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,492 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Deschamps,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mathieu des Champs d. 1260 · Latin Catholic priest
  • Jean Deschamps 1218–1295 · architect
  • Eustache Deschamps 1340–1406 · writer
  • Gilles Deschamps 1350–1413 · Catholic priest
  • de Villiers 1600–1681 · playwright
  • François-Claude Deschamps 1676–

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

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Surnames next to Deschamps.

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