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The Dumont surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,748 people carried this name — #5,177 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,472 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 20,984 people named Dumont.

404 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 101 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 404
Nord 2,258
Pas-de-Calais 1,890
Paris 1,857
Seine-Maritime 1,399
Somme 1,038
Saône-et-Loire 973
Oise 756
Aisne 569

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 6,825 people named Dumont 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 Hainaut.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 2,354
Liège 1,203
Namur 999
Luxembourg Province 506
Walloon Brabant 483
Brussels-Capital 470
Flemish Brabant 305
West Flanders 236

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

494 people named Dumont live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 125
Geneva 116
Fribourg 69
Valais 46
Zurich 42
Neuchâtel 40
Aargau 23
Bern 19

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 285 people named Dumont 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 132
City of Buenos Aires 33
Córdoba 32
Chaco 21
Mendoza 20
Santa Fe 20
Tucumán 16
Entre Ríos 11

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

In print

Dumont in American newspapers,
1893–1909.

Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Dumont
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1909-11-07
Newspaper page from Burlington Weekly Free Press carrying the name Dumont
Burlington Weekly Free Press 1893-07-27
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Dumont
The Salt Lake Herald 1901-09-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 72,098 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dumont,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicolas Dumont
    Nicolas Dumont 1600–1700 · harpsichord maker
  • Jean Thierry du Mont, comte de Gages
    Jean Thierry du Mont, comte de Gages 1682–1753 · military personnel
  • Jacques Dumont le Romain
    Jacques Dumont le Romain 1701–1781 · engraver
  • Edme Dumont
    Edme Dumont 1720–1775 · sculptor
  • Nicolas Dumont
    Nicolas Dumont 1732–1806 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 150 lives in all are documented under this name.

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