The Daoust surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,356 people carried this name — #19,823 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is up 13% from 1,195 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Daoust surname
A surname from French, equivalent to English August or Austin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Daoust» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 200 people named Daoust.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 132 people named Daoust live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Daoust,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste Daoust 1817–1891 · politician -
Julien Daoust 1866–1943 · actor -
Sylvia Daoust 1902–2004 · teacher -
Jean-Paul Daoust 1946– · writer -
Yves Daoust 1946– · composer -
Charles Daoust 1825–1868 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Daoust.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Daoust is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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