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The Dreyfuss surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 605 people carried this name — #36,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 10% from 549 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Dreyfuss surname

Variant of Dreyfus.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dreyfuss» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 324 people named Dreyfuss.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Bas-Rhin 121
Haut-Rhin 58
Paris 57
Moselle 13
Vosges 10
Rhône 6
Yonne 6
Doubs 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

58 people named Dreyfuss live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 21
Neuchâtel 12
Geneva 7
Bern 6
Vaud 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Fribourg 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Dreyfuss,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacques-Henri Dreyfuss
    Jacques-Henri Dreyfuss 1844–1933 · rabbi
  • Barney Dreyfuss
    Barney Dreyfuss 1865–1932 · baseball player
  • Barney Dreyfuss
    Barney Dreyfuss 1865–1932 · baseball player
  • Babette Dreyfuss 1848–1943
  • Suzanne Pellin 1855– · fashion designer
  • Eugenie Lewita 1856–1943

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

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