How common is the surname Demarest?

2,904 people in the United States had the surname Demarest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,317 Americans. It ranked 10,956th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Demarest?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Demarest identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Demarest?

William Demarest, actor (1892–1983), followed by Arthur Demarest.

Where is the surname Demarest most common?

Wikidata records people named Demarest in the United States.

Is the surname Demarest getting more or less common?

More common. 2,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,904 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Demarest

A French surname, carried by 2,904 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Demarest is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

Variant of Desmarais.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,904 people named Demarest in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,317 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,740.

#10,956

rank among US surnames

2,904

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #10,703)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,951	Jama	2,907	106,208
#10,953	Carlucci	2,906	106,244
#10,954	Lamberth	2,905	106,281
#10,956	Bashaw	2,904	106,317
#10,959	Sorg	2,903	106,354

Who is named Demarest

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Demarest identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Demarests

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Demarest
Actor (1892–1983)
Arthur Demarest
American anthropologist, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Demarest

Demarest has the Soundex code D562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D562.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Demarest come from?: Variant of Desmarais.
How common is the surname Demarest?: 2,904 people in the United States had the surname Demarest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,317 Americans. It ranked 10,956th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Demarest?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Demarest identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Demarest?: William Demarest, actor (1892–1983), followed by Arthur Demarest.
Where is the surname Demarest most common?: Wikidata records people named Demarest in the United States.
Is the surname Demarest getting more or less common?: More common. 2,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,904 in 2010, up 6.0%.