The Durand surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,729 people carried this name — #4,070 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,800 people counted. That is up 9% from 7,999 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 47,629 people named Durand.
656 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 106 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 3,503 people named Durand 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
615 people named Durand live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 426 people named Durand 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.
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 the Nordic population registers
36 people named Durand is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Durand in American newspapers,
1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 110,775 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Durand,
with a public archive behind them.
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Guillaume Durand 1250–1330 · Catholic priest -
Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon 1510–1571 · military personnel -
Marie Durand 1711–1776 -
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand 1760–1834 · architect -
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois 1761–1848 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 185 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Durand.
- Dura 522 · U.S. census
- Durain 112 · U.S. census
- Durak 151 · U.S. census
- Duran 89,401 · U.S. census
- Durance 140 · U.S. census
- Duranceau 270 · U.S. census
- Durando 315 · U.S. census
- Durant 12,428 · U.S. census
- Durante 3,369 · U.S. census
- Duray 516 · U.S. census
- Durban 353 · U.S. census
- Durbano 310 · U.S. census
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