Desmarais Family History
Desmarais Name Meaning
French: habitational name for someone from any of various places
named with Old French mareis, maresc ‘marsh’, as for
example Les Marets, in Seine-et-Marne, Centre, Nord, and Picardy.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Desmarais Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Desmarais families
 45 - 88  16 - 44 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Desmarais Family Origin
Desmarais Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Desmarais
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Desmarais Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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