About the De-Gaspe surname
The surname De-Gaspe has a primarily toponymic formation. The structure of the surname suggests a locational or toponymic formation linked to a place, estate, or landscape feature. In this type of surname, the name first located a person in relation to a place before becoming hereditary. De-Gaspe is a compound or hyphenated surname. For a particular family line, early records can show whether this form was long established or resulted from the joining of two surnames later in the family's history. In the normalization used for some LAFRANCE searches, the surname is also matched through the form “degaspe”; this search variant can be useful when accents, spaces, or punctuation differ.
Pronunciation:
De-gasp/də-ɡasp/