# Dupont (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dupont/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,339 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,456 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,862 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (9,880 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Dupont, meaning "of the bridge".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dupont in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dupont in the United States, Belgium and France.

## People named Dupont

- Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (1918–2012)
- John Eleuthère du Pont, American heir to the Du Pont family fortune, ornithologist, conchologist, murderer (1938–2
- Tiffany Dupont, American actress
- Timothy Dupont, Belgian cyclist
- Pete du Pont, American politician (1935–2021)
- Léon Dupont, Belgian high jumper (1881-1956)
- Alfred Victor du Pont, American chemist and industrialist (1798–1856)
- Joseph Dupont, Belgian musician (1838-1899)
- Auguste Dupont, Belgian pianist and composer (1827-1890)
- Miss DuPont, American actress (1894-1973)
- Laura duPont, American tennis player (1949-2002)
- T. Coleman du Pont, American politician (1863-1930)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Dibenedetto, Depinto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.