The Desmet surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,146 people carried this name — #21,307 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 9,183 people named Desmet 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 1,406 people named Desmet.
106 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Desmet.
- Desjardin 873 · U.S. census
- Desjardins 4,114 · U.S. census
- Deslandes 285 · U.S. census
- Deslauriers 1,217 · U.S. census
- Desmarais 4,043 · U.S. census
- Desmedt 149 · U.S. census
- Desmidt 279 · U.S. census
- Desmit 215 · U.S. census
- Desmond 7,233 · U.S. census
- Desnoyer 143 · U.S. census
- Desnoyers 572 · U.S. census
- Deson 104 · U.S. census
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