The Desmit surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 253 people carried this name — #76,029 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 18% from 215 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 96 people named Desmit 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.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Desmit.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Desmit,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexandre Louis Benjamin Desmit 1812–1885 · painter
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Didier Desmit 1950– · illustrator
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Desmit.
- 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
- Desmond 7,395 · U.S. census
- Desnoyer 167 · U.S. census
- Desnoyers 603 · U.S. census
- Deson 104 · U.S. census
- Desormeau 222 · U.S. census
- Desormeaux 1,118 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Desmit is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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