# Dupre (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dupre/  
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) | 8,131 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,372 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,971 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (8,072 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French du Pré literally ‘of the meadow/pasture’

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dupre 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dupre in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Dupre

- Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist (1945–1987)
- Jacques Dupré, 8th Governor of Louisiana (1773-1846)
- Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American call-girl, singer and columnist

## Similar surnames

Dupree, Duprey, Devore, Dover, Deboer, Dever, Deberry, Deaver, Dufour, Devera, Dewberry, DiFiore.

## 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.