The Devries surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,958 people carried this name — #2,567 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 84 people named Devries.
8 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Devries in American newspapers,
1870–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,938 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Devries,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fidès Devriès 1850–1939 · opera singer -
George Devries 1896–1957 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 18 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Devries.
- Devogel 122 · U.S. census
- Devolder 332 · U.S. census
- Devos 2,147 · U.S. census
- Devost 262 · U.S. census
- Devoti 186 · U.S. census
- Devriendt 234 · U.S. census
- Devrieze 101 · U.S. census
- Dewaele 331 · U.S. census
- Deweerdt 252 · U.S. census
- Dewet 119 · U.S. census
- Dewilde 747 · U.S. census
- Dewinter 461 · U.S. census
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