The Dessart surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 202 people carried this name — #91,221 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 14% from 234 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 748 people named Dessart 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 Liège.
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 158 people named Dessart.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Martinique.
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 Dessart,
with a public archive behind them.
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Donald Joseph Dessart 1928–2014 · mathematics teacher
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Paul Dessart 1931–2001 · entomologist
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Francis Dessart 1948–2026 · sociologist
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Jérôme Dessart 1984– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dessart.
- 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
- Desselle 949 · U.S. census
- Dessert 845 · U.S. census
- Dessin 229 · U.S. census
- Destefanis 414 · U.S. census
- Destin 1,069 · U.S. census
- Destree 164 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dessart is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.