The Duchene surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,673 people carried this name — #16,984 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,610 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Duchene surname
From French Duchêne.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Duchene» (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 4,458 people named Duchene.
78 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Vosges.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 719 people named Duchene 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 Namur.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
107 people named Duchene live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Duchene,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pascal Duchene 1970– · sport cyclist
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Vincent Duchene 1983–
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Matt Duchene 1991– · ice hockey player
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Thomas Duchene 2000– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Duchene.
- Duchamp 147 · U.S. census
- Duchan 103 · U.S. census
- Ducharme 5,797 · U.S. census
- Duchateau 392 · U.S. census
- Duche 108 · U.S. census
- Duchemin 476 · U.S. census
- Duchesne 1,039 · U.S. census
- Duchon 311 · U.S. census
- Duclos 2,428 · U.S. census
- Duco 168 · U.S. census
- Ducoing 192 · U.S. census
- Ducommun 364 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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