Desnoyers
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a habitational surname
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈdɛsnɔɪɝz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Desnoyers is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 37K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 66K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 500K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 167 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a habitational surname
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Desnoyers counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 66K | 105 | Desnoyers | 167 |
| CA Canada | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Desnoyers | 86 |
| US United States | 603 | 1 in 552K | 608 | Desnoyers | 65 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 500K | — | Desnoyers | 4 |
| ES Spain | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Desnoyers | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Desnoyers is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, de des Noyers; dérivé de Les Noyers, nom de plusieurs localités à travers la France
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyersb. 1779FRFrench engraver (1779 - 1857)
- Jules Desnoyersb. 1800FRFrench geologist and archaeologist (1800-1887)
- Louis Desnoyersb. 1802FRFrench journalist (1802–1868)
- Fernand Desnoyersb. 1826FRFrench playwright and literary critic (1828-1869)
- Louis Desnoyersb. 1874FRFrench Sulpician and orientalist (1874-1928)
- Jacques Desnoyersb. 1935CACanadian chemist
- Luc Desnoyersb. 1950CACanadian politician
- Daniel Desnoyersb. 1957CACanadian archer
- Daniel Desnoyersb. 1960CACanadian DJ
- Danièle DesnoyersCAperforming artist in Canada
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 608 | #39,103 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 603 | #37,029 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 572 | #36,807 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 195 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 161 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 159 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 152 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 143 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 132 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 131 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 122 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 105 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Desnoyers mean, and where does it come from?
- a habitational surname Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Desnoyers?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdɛsnɔɪɝz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Desnoyers have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Desnoyers in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled desnoyers.
- How common is the name Desnoyers?
- In the United States, the national register counted 603 people named Desnoyers in 2010, about 1 in 552 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/desnoyersThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Desnoyers”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.