The Deschenes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,801 people carried this name — #16,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,779 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Deschenes surname
A surname, common in Quebec.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Deschênes» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Deschenes.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Eure-et-Loir.
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 print
Deschenes in American newspapers,
1914–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,411 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Deschenes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jules Deschênes 1923–2000 · judge -
Jean-Paul Deschênes 1930–2013 · university teacher
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Luc Deschênes 1937– · university teacher
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Marcelle Deschênes 1939– · composer
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Gaston Deschênes 1948– · historian
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Robert Deschênes 1950– · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Deschenes.
- Desautel 558 · U.S. census
- Desautels 1,436 · U.S. census
- Desbiens 361 · U.S. census
- Descamps 221 · U.S. census
- Deschamp 411 · U.S. census
- Deschamps 2,097 · U.S. census
- Deschepper 504 · U.S. census
- Deschler 471 · U.S. census
- Deschryver 147 · U.S. census
- Descombes 115 · U.S. census
- Desforges 315 · U.S. census
- Desfosses 319 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Deschenes is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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