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

The Devaux surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 713 people carried this name — #32,302 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 14% from 624 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 7,786 people named Devaux.

148 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 148
Seine-Maritime 735
Paris 681
Nord 583
Pas-de-Calais 451
Somme 429
Allier 351
Rhône 296
Oise 263

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 596 people named Devaux 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.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 227
Namur 95
Brussels-Capital 84
Luxembourg Province 48
Walloon Brabant 39
Liège 36
Antwerp 31
West Flanders 15

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

237 people named Devaux live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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Where they live today

Bern 107
Neuchâtel 32
Vaud 30
Geneva 17
Aargau 12
Fribourg 10
Zurich 8
Solothurn 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 43 people named Devaux live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 43

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Devaux,
with a public archive behind them.

  • François-Antoine Devaux
    François-Antoine Devaux 1712–1796 · writer
  • Pierre Devaux
    Pierre Devaux 1762–1819 · military officer
  • Eugène Devaux d. 1897 · playwright
  • Alice Devaux d. 1940
  • Herve Devaux d. 2022
  • Jean Devaux 1649–1729 · surgeon

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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