How common is the surname Durand?

8,729 people in the United States had the surname Durand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,370 Americans. It ranked 4,070th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Durand?

In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Durand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Durand?

Asher Brown Durand, American painter and engraver (1796-1886), followed by Théophile Alexis Durand.

Where is the surname Durand most common?

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

Is the surname Durand getting more or less common?

More common. 7,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,729 in 2010, up 9.1%.

The surname Durand

A surname, carried by 8,729 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Durand is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,729 people named Durand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,370 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,999.

#4,070

rank among US surnames

8,729

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+9.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,096)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,065	Belt	8,737	35,338
#4,068	Goforth	8,735	35,346
#4,069	Mazur	8,733	35,354
#4,070	Durand	8,729	35,370

Who is named Durand

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

73% of people named Durand identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Durands

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1859–1958

Notable Durands come mostly from the United States (3), Belgium (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Durand

Durand has the Soundex code D653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D653.

Questions

How common is the surname Durand?: 8,729 people in the United States had the surname Durand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,370 Americans. It ranked 4,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Durand?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Durand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Durand?: Asher Brown Durand, American painter and engraver (1796-1886), followed by Théophile Alexis Durand.
Where is the surname Durand most common?: Wikidata records people named Durand in the United States, Belgium and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Durand getting more or less common?: More common. 7,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,729 in 2010, up 9.1%.