Popularity of the last name by country

Switzerland

• Geneva (409)
• Vaud (356)
• Neuchâtel (348)
• Fribourg (225)
• Valais (127)
• Zurich (32)
• Bern (26)
• Jura (21)
• Basel (5)
• Aargau (4)
• Solothurn (4)
• St. Gallen (2)
• Ticino (2)
• Lucerne (1)

All countries

• France (1,221,997)
• Belgium (33,178)
• Canada (22,806)
• United States (2,633)
• Switzerland (1,702)
• Algeria (1,211)
• Netherlands (1,094)
• United Kingdom (1,050)
• Germany (756)
• Guadeloupe (556)
• Réunion (473)
• Unknown country (399)
• Italy (396)
• Haiti (374)
• Brazil (364)
• Martinique (291)
• New Caledonia (285)
• Spain (211)
• Morocco (178)
• St. Pierre and Miquelon (165)
• Mauritius (154)
• Mexico (136)
• Turkey (129)
• Australia (123)
• Tunisia (110)
• French Guiana (99)
• Madagascar (75)
• Viet Nam (74)
• Luxembourg (69)
• Austria (67)
• Greece (57)
• Russian Federation (51)
• India (49)
• Dominican Republic (42)
• Argentina (40)
• Poland (35)
• Monaco (34)
• Ireland (32)
• Serbia (29)
• Egypt (28)

Origine of last name

DESCHAMPS : French:: 1: habitational name with fused preposition and definite article des ‘from the’ for someone from Saint-Pierre-ès-Champs a place in Oise.2: nickname or topographic name denoting a country-dweller or landsman from des ‘from the’ + champs ‘fields’. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Dechant">Dechant</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Deshaw">Deshaw</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Deshong">Deshong</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Fields">Fields</a>.