# Durant (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/durant/  
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) | 12,428 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,889 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,843 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.2% (11,699 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Durant 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) | 52% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Durant in the United States, Belgium and Australia.

## People named Durant

- Will Durant, American historian, philosopher and writer (1885-1981)
- William Crapo Durant, American automotive businessman (1861–1947)
- Isabel Durant, Australian actress and dancer (born 1991)
- Don Durant, American actor and businessman (1932-2005)
- Daniel Durant, American actor
- Albert Durant, Belgian water polo player
- Isabelle Durant, Belgian politician
- Thomas C. Durant, American railroad promoter, financier (1820–1885)

## Similar surnames

Durand, 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.