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Last name DEMOS: origin and meaning

Demos : 1: Greek: variant of Dimos. This may also be a shortened (and altered) form of Greek patronymics such as Demopoulos or Dimopoulos. Compare Demo.2: Dutch (De Mos): variant with the definite article de of Mos possibly a topographic name from mos ‘marsh’.3: Americanized form of French Dumas. Compare Demoss.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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Chauncey Koziol

Update: 2024-08-21