The Despres surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,238 people carried this name — #21,204 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,132 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Despres surname
A surname, equivalent to English Meadows.
From des + prés, literally “from the meadows”. Semantically, compare Dutch van de Velde and the Latinized form Pratensis.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Despres» (English) and «Després» (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 2,532 people named Despres.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Sarthe.
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 78 people named Despres 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Despres.
- Desnoyers 603 · U.S. census
- Deson 104 · U.S. census
- Desormeau 222 · U.S. census
- Desormeaux 1,118 · U.S. census
- Despins 130 · U.S. census
- Desporte 140 · U.S. census
- Desprez 105 · U.S. census
- Desroche 253 · U.S. census
- Desrochers 2,516 · U.S. census
- Desroches 1,849 · U.S. census
- Desrosiers 5,423 · U.S. census
- Dessaint 198 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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