Desforges Family

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The surname Desforges has a primarily toponymic formation. The structure of Desforges, 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. In this type of surname, the name first located a person in relation to a place before becoming hereditary. Families bearing the same surname may nevertheless come from different places when more than one locality produced a similar name.

Pronunciation: Dès-forj/dɛsfɔʁʒ/

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20,346occurrences in our collections
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100 1581881 → 1901people enumerated
1669First mention of the name
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