The Detour surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 117 people carried this name — #142,108 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 114 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 131 people named Detour.
Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Detour in American newspapers,
1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 76,541 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Detour.
- Destin 1,069 · U.S. census
- Destree 164 · U.S. census
- Desutter 329 · U.S. census
- Desvignes 185 · U.S. census
- Deterville 245 · U.S. census
- Detienne 395 · U.S. census
- Detraz 152 · U.S. census
- Detres 345 · U.S. census
- Detrie 119 · U.S. census
- Detroy 122 · U.S. census
- Dettinger 371 · U.S. census
- Dettling 689 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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