The Desjardins surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,335 people carried this name — #7,662 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,114 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Desjardins surname
A surname, particularly common in Quebec.
From des (“of the”) + jardins (“gardens”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Desjardins» (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 1,979 people named Desjardins.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Desjardins live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 print
Desjardins in American newspapers,
1894–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,123 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Desjardins,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martin Desjardins 1637–1694 · painter -
Philippe-Jean-Louis Desjardins 1753–1833 · missionary -
Louis-Joseph Desjardins 1766–1848 · priest -
Tony Desjardins 1814–1882 · architect -
Joseph-Isnard-Louis Desjardins 1814–1894 · printmaker
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 182 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Desjardins.
- Deshais 128 · U.S. census
- Deshayes 174 · U.S. census
- Deshommes 388 · U.S. census
- Desir 4,241 · U.S. census
- Desire 723 · U.S. census
- Desjardin 958 · 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
- Desmet 1,204 · U.S. census
- Desmidt 288 · U.S. census
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