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The Droz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 893 people carried this name — #27,110 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 825 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

874 people named Droz live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 181
Vaud 155
Neuchâtel 128
Valais 116
Geneva 76
Zurich 58
Jura 51
Fribourg 46

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 342 people named Droz.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Doubs.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Doubs 124
Paris 47
Isère 16
Haute-Saône 14
Rhône 10
Seine-Saint-Denis 7
Oise 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 194 people named Droz 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 Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 138
Buenos Aires Province 35
Santa Fe 21

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

Who carried it

People named Droz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Droz
    Joseph Droz 1773–1850 · writer
  • Antoine Gustave Droz
    Antoine Gustave Droz 1832–1895 · writer
  • Numa Droz
    Numa Droz 1844–1899 · teacher
  • Jean-Pierre Droz 1709–1780 · watchmaker
  • François-Nicolas-Eugène Droz 1735–1805 · jurist
  • Jean-Pierre Droz 1746–1823 · mechanic

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Droz is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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