Dura surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dura surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 522 people carried this name — #41,657 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 7% from 559 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

1,788 people named Dura have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 2,051 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Łódź 407
Greater Poland 364
Lesser Poland 268
Silesian 144
West Pomeranian 113
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 109
Lower Silesian 99
Masovian 80

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 302 people named Dura 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 80
Córdoba 71
Santa Fe 58
Formosa 53
City of Buenos Aires 29
Chubut 11

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 244 people named Dura.

Most of them — 151 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 151
Hauts-de-Seine 20
Essonne 9
Paris 8
Hérault 8
Alpes-Maritimes 7
Aude 6
Pyrénées-Orientales 4
Nord 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

55 people named Dura live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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

Where they live today

Bern 12
Vaud 9
Valais 8
Geneva 7
Basel-Landschaft 6
Aargau 5
Graubünden 4
Zurich 4

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 Dura,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antonio Dura 1500–1600 · Catholic priest
  • Scipione Dura 1500–1551 · Catholic priest
  • Gaetano Dura 1805–1878 · watercolorist
  • Josef Dura 1830–1905 · teacher
  • Maria Dura 1862–1942
  • Margarethe Reppen 1898–1940

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

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