The Duhon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,223 people carried this name — #5,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,047 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 25 people named Duhon.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Landes.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Landes 8
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 5
Gironde 4
Paris 2
Ain 1
Charente-Maritime 1
Rhône 1
Val-d’Oise 1

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

In print

Duhon in American newspapers,
1925–1927.

Newspaper page from El Dorado Daily News carrying the name Duhon
El Dorado Daily News 1925-03-08
Newspaper page from The Cordele Dispatch carrying the name Duhon
The Cordele Dispatch 1927-06-21
Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Duhon
Brownsville Herald 1925-03-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,254 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Duhon in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1930s.

24 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Duhon. The most, 4, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 10
New South Wales 8
South Australia 4
Victoria 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Duhon.

In the public record

People named Duhon,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States175 records

175 records of the Duhon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 30
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alvin J. Duhon

    Born 1922 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at Lafayette; farm hand from Jefferson Davis Parish. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Bertrand Cemetery, Jennings, Louisiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Alvin L. Duhon

    Born 1932; from Calcasieu County, Louisiana. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Duhon

    Arrived at New York in 1889 aboard the Wisconsin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 17; domestic. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 175 records for Duhon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France16 records

16 records of the Duhon name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Irene Jacqueline Duhon

    Born 1921 in Montendre (Charente-Maritime); died 1986 in Pessac (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Duhon

    Born 1893 in Vicq-d'Auribat (Landes); died 1985 in Toulon (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lucie Leontine Rose Duhon

    Born 1907 in Bordeaux (Gironde); died 1996 in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Duhon in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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