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.
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 mapWhere they live today
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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 mapWhere they live today
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.
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Joseph Droz 1773–1850 · writer
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Antoine Gustave Droz 1832–1895 · writer -
Numa Droz 1844–1899 · teacher -
Jean-Pierre Droz 1709–1780 · watchmaker
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François-Nicolas-Eugène Droz 1735–1805 · jurist
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Jean-Pierre Droz 1746–1823 · mechanic
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Droz.
- Dross 406 · U.S. census
- Drost 2,778 · U.S. census
- Drouet 179 · U.S. census
- Drouhard 308 · U.S. census
- Drouillard 863 · U.S. census
- Drouin 2,419 · U.S. census
- Drozd 1,852 · U.S. census
- Drozdz 224 · U.S. census
- Dry 2,379 · U.S. census
- Dryburgh 314 · U.S. census
- Drzewiecki 755 · U.S. census
- Du 7,566 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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