The Desroches surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,849 people carried this name — #15,763 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,666 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,437 people named Desroches.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
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.
Who carried it
People named Desroches,
with a public archive behind them.
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René Desroches 1905–1990 · athletics competitor -
Marie Jeanne Desroches 1774–1811 · poet
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Jacques Desroches-Valnay 1848–1887 · painter
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Christiane Desroches Noblecourt 1913–2011 · professor
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Anne-Marie Desroches 1929– · politician
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Jean-Louis Desroches 1944–2025 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Desroches.
- Despins 130 · U.S. census
- Desporte 140 · U.S. census
- Despres 1,238 · U.S. census
- Desprez 105 · U.S. census
- Desroche 253 · U.S. census
- Desrochers 2,516 · U.S. census
- Desrosiers 5,423 · U.S. census
- Dessaint 198 · U.S. census
- Dessart 202 · U.S. census
- Desselle 949 · U.S. census
- Dessert 845 · U.S. census
- Dessin 229 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Desroches is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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