Find out how popular the last name Desroches is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Desroches.

Desroches, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Desroches surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Desroches in America

Desroches is the 15763rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Desroches surname appeared 1,849 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Desroches.

We can also compare 2010 data for Desroches to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Desroches

The surname Desroches originated in France. It dates back to the early 13th century and is derived from the Old French words "des roches" meaning "of the rocks". This suggests the name likely originated from a family that lived near a rocky area or a rocky landscape.

One of the earliest known records of the Desroches name is found in the historic Armorial général, a collection of coats of arms and heraldic devices from the reign of King Louis XIV in the late 17th century. The Armorial général includes entries for several Desroches families from different regions of France.

In the 14th century, there are records of a noble Desroches family from the Poitou region of western France. Pierre Desroches, a knight from this family, is mentioned in chronicles from the Hundred Years' War between England and France during the 1300s.

The Desroches surname is also found in several medieval manuscripts and documents from the Normandy region of northern France. A notable figure was Guillaume Desroches, a poet and trouvère (lyric poet) who lived in the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

In the 16th century, there was a renowned French jurist and legal scholar named Jean Desroches (1501-1582). He served as a judge and advocate in the Parlement of Paris, one of the highest courts in France at the time.

Another notable bearer of the Desroches name was François Desroches (1624-1686), a French architect and sculptor who worked on several important buildings and monuments in Paris during the reign of King Louis XIV.

During the 18th century, a Desroches family from the Anjou region of western France produced several notable figures, including Jean-Baptiste Desroches (1734-1811), a priest and botanist who studied the flora of the West Indies.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Desroches

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Desroches.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Desroches was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Desroches has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Desroches was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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