The Desmedt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 154 people carried this name — #113,791 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 149 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,431 people named Desmedt 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 560 people named Desmedt.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 37 people named Desmedt 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 Santa Fe.
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 print
Desmedt in American newspapers,
1882–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 229 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Desmedt.
- Desire 723 · 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
- Desmet 1,204 · U.S. census
- Desmidt 288 · U.S. census
- Desmit 253 · U.S. census
- Desmond 7,395 · U.S. census
- Desnoyer 167 · U.S. census
- Desnoyers 603 · U.S. census
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