The surname Dufour
A French surname, carried by 4,647 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D160
Origin
French origin
Borrowed from French Dufour, meaning "of the oven". See there for more.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,647 people named Dufour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,440 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,525.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #7,184 | Hulett | 4,652 | 66,368 |
| #7,187 | Maley | 4,651 | 66,383 |
| #7,189 | Gaul | 4,650 | 66,397 |
| #7,191 | Eichelberger | 4,647 | 66,440 |
| #7,194 | Watford | 4,646 | 66,454 |
Who is named Dufour
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Dufour identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Dufour
Dufour has the Soundex code D160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D160.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dufour come from?
- Borrowed from French Dufour, meaning "of the oven". See there for more.
- How common is the surname Dufour?
- 4,647 people in the United States had the surname Dufour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,440 Americans. It ranked 7,191st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dufour?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dufour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Dufour getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,647 in 2010, up 2.7%.