Descarries Family

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About the Descarries surname

The surname Descarries has a primarily toponymic formation. The structure of Descarries, with an article or preposition incorporated into the surname, is common in French names derived from a place, estate, landscape feature, or older nickname. The exact meaning depends on the earliest form in the family line. This formation belongs to the broad group of surnames connected with a place or geographic feature. Families bearing the same surname may nevertheless come from different places when more than one locality produced a similar name.

Pronunciation: Dès-ka-ri/dɛskaʁi/

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The Descarries name in our genealogy archives

1,123occurrences in our collections
8collections containing this name
13 201881 → 1901people enumerated
1654First mention of the name
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