The Desire surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 723 people carried this name — #31,906 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 43% from 506 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,175 people named Desire.
42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Indre.
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 28 people named Desire 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.
Who carried it
People named Desire,
with a public archive behind them.
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Derelle Desire 2006– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Desire.
- Desgranges 218 · U.S. census
- Deshaies 701 · U.S. census
- Deshais 128 · U.S. census
- Deshayes 174 · U.S. census
- Deshommes 388 · U.S. census
- Desir 4,241 · U.S. census
- Desjardin 958 · U.S. census
- Desjardins 4,335 · U.S. census
- Deslandes 336 · U.S. census
- Deslauriers 1,280 · U.S. census
- Desmarais 4,170 · U.S. census
- Desmedt 154 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Desire is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.