# DeMille (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/demille/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,269 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,806 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 243,298 people |
| Change since 2000 | +37% (929 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Belgian French De Mille.

## Who carries it

Share of people named DeMille in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named DeMille in the United States.

## People named DeMille

- Cecil B. DeMille, American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)
- Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (1905–1993)
- William Churchill deMille, American screenwriter and film director (1878-1955)
- Katherine DeMille, actress (1911-1995)
- Nelson DeMille, American writer (1943–2024)

## Similar surnames

Demello, Daniel, Donnelly, Donley, Donnell, Danley, Daniell, Daniele, Dumlao, Duhamel, Damelio, Denley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.