The Duchesne surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,039 people carried this name — #24,186 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,001 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Duchesne surname
From Old French du + chesne (“oak (tree)”); French du chêne (“oak (tree)”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Duchesne» (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 3,429 people named Duchesne.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Paris.
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 943 people named Duchesne 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 Liège.
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
36 people named Duchesne live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Duchesne.
- 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
- Duchene 1,673 · 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
- Ducos 290 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Duchesne is.
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