The Deshayes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 174 people carried this name — #103,181 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 168 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,972 people named Deshayes.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Paris.
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 102 people named Deshayes 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.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 50 people named Deshayes 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Deshayes live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
32 people named Deshayes is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Deshayes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Catherine Deshayes 1640–1680 · midwife -
Louis Deshayes 1600–1632 · diplomat
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Jean Deshayes 1650–1706 · astronomer
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Antonin Deshayes 1683–1736 · publisher
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Desfontaines-Lavallée 1733–1825 · writer
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Pierre-Étienne Joly-Deshayes 1742–1810 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Deshayes.
- 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
- Deshais 128 · U.S. census
- Deshommes 388 · U.S. census
- Desir 4,241 · U.S. census
- Desire 723 · U.S. census
- Desjardin 958 · U.S. census
- Desjardins 4,335 · U.S. census
- Deslandes 336 · U.S. census
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