The Desprez surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 126 people carried this name — #125,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,529 people named Desprez.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 98 people named Desprez 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 Hainaut.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Desprez live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Desprez.
- Deson 104 · U.S. census
- Desormeau 240 · U.S. census
- Desormeaux 954 · U.S. census
- Despins 174 · U.S. census
- Desporte 123 · U.S. census
- Despres 1,132 · U.S. census
- Desroche 257 · U.S. census
- Desrochers 2,434 · U.S. census
- Desroches 1,666 · U.S. census
- Desrosiers 5,039 · U.S. census
- Dessaint 150 · U.S. census
- Dessart 234 · U.S. census
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