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desmond Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deasmhumhnaigh ‘descendant of the man from southern Munster’, from deas ‘south’ + Mumhain ‘Munster’, an ancient Irish kingdom named for Mumhu, one of its early kings. The surname Desmond has passed into common use as a personal name, not only in Ireland.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of desmond Families in the US in 1920
Number of desmond families
 187-371
 63-186		 1-62
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