# Durand (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,729 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,070 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,370 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.1% (7,999 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Durand 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 14% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Durand in the United States, Belgium and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Durand

- Asher Brown Durand, American painter and engraver (1796-1886)
- Théophile Alexis Durand, Belgian botanist (1855–1912)
- Mortimer Durand, British diplomat (1850-1924)
- Hélène Durand, Belgian botanist and botanical artist (1883-1934)
- Elias Judah Durand, American mycologist and botanist (1870-1922)
- William Frederick Durand, American naval officer and engineering instructor

## Similar surnames

Durant, Durante, Durrant, Dorantes, Dermody.

## 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.