The Deschryver surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 147 people carried this name — #118,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 132 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 220 people named Deschryver 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.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 166 people named Deschryver.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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.
Who carried it
People named Deschryver,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie-Sophie Deschryver 1829–1906 · nun
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Darren Deschryver 1972– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Deschryver.
- Descamps 221 · 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
- Descombes 115 · U.S. census
- Desforges 315 · U.S. census
- Desfosses 319 · U.S. census
- Desgrange 118 · U.S. census
- Desgranges 218 · U.S. census
- Deshaies 701 · U.S. census
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