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The Dufort surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 650 people carried this name — #34,758 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 11% from 588 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Dufort surname

Borrowed from French Dufort. This surname is mostly found in Canada.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dufort» (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 522 people named Dufort.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Gironde.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Gironde 116
Landes 69
Paris 48
Manche 43
Haute-Garonne 42
Haute-Marne 15
Dordogne 13
Seine-Maritime 12

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 47 people named Dufort 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 24
City of Buenos Aires 12
Corrientes 11

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

Who carried it

People named Dufort,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Nicolas Dufort de Cheverny
    Jean-Nicolas Dufort de Cheverny 1731–1802 · memoirist
  • Giambattista Dufort 1680–1728 · choreographer
  • Joseph Dufort 1685–1767
  • François Thomas Galbaud-Dufort 1743–1801 · military officer
  • Charles de Dufort 1803–1862 · composer
  • Joseph Cajetan Dufort 1868–1936 · architect

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

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