# Durso (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/durso/  
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 | Sicilian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,445 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,444 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 89,621 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (3,454 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Southern Italian surname D'Ursu, a surname derived from Sicilian ursu (“bear”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Durso 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Similar surnames

Durazo, Drake, Dorsey, Derrick, Derosa, Dorris, Darcy, Dirks, Derose, Durkee, Drews, Drago.

## 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.