The Derue surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 259 people carried this name — #74,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 249 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 323 people named Derue.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 35 people named Derue 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 Hainaut.
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 Derue,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Charles Derue 1951– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Derue.
- Derousseau 147 · U.S. census
- Deroy 564 · U.S. census
- Derr 7,456 · U.S. census
- Derro 117 · U.S. census
- Deru 146 · U.S. census
- Derudder 154 · U.S. census
- Deruyter 807 · U.S. census
- Dervin 356 · U.S. census
- Dery 1,506 · U.S. census
- Derycke 232 · U.S. census
- Desain 121 · U.S. census
- Desandre 211 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Derue 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.