- 308
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Desfosses
Meaning & Origins
French: 1. habitational name from any of numerous places named Les Fosses (from Latin fossa ‘hole’, ‘hollow’). This was a secondary surname in Canada, especially for Laspron, but also Lacharité and St. Louis. 2. (Des Fossés): habitational name for someone a place called Les Fossés (from Latin fossates ‘ditches’, ‘trenches’).
| 56,554th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Desforges, Desforge, Desfosse, Desfor, Desfassiaux, Desfonds, Desfasses, Desfigies, Desfossess, Desfayes
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 308
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Hampshire
- has the most people named Desfosses per capita
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