Debra surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Debra surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 194 people carried this name — #94,311 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 13% from 224 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 114 people named Debra.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Nord 36
Moselle 28
Bas-Rhin 20
Paris 10
Haute-Vienne 5
Sarthe 3
Pas-de-Calais 3
Marne 2

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 25 people named Debra 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 Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 19
Antwerp 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Debra,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sarah Catherine Brown Debra 1864–1957 · writer
  • Daniel DeBra 1930–2021 · university teacher
  • Mike Debra 1974– · handball player
  • Pascal Debra 1978– · writer
  • Sally Debra 1980– · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Debra is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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