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The Durante surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,369 people carried this name — #9,633 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,214 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Durante surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the Latin proper name Durans or Durantis, both derived from the Latin verb dūrāre (“to endure”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Durante» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,453 people named Durante 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 1,543
City of Buenos Aires 368
Santa Fe 151
Córdoba 131
Chubut 57
Río Negro 33
La Pampa 32
Entre Ríos 28

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 273 people named Durante.

84 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 84
Alpes-Maritimes 73
Var 15
Paris 12
Bouches-du-Rhône 10
Loire 6
Meuse 5
Isère 5
Pyrénées-Orientales 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

236 people named Durante live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 37
Vaud 35
Zurich 31
Ticino 29
Thurgau 21
Geneva 19
Bern 17
Basel-Landschaft 13

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 23 people named Durante 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 Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 23

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

In print

Durante in American newspapers,
1851.

Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Durante
El Pelayo 1851-09-27
Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Durante
El Pelayo 1851-10-08
Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Durante
El Pelayo 1851-10-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 194,757 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Durante,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Castore Durante
    Castore Durante 1529–1590 · physician
  • Francesco Durante
    Francesco Durante 1684–1755 · composer
  • Vincenzo Durante d. 1545 · Catholic priest
  • Pietro Durante 1450–1510 · poet
  • Giovanni Diletto Durante 1490–1565 · jurist-consultant
  • Ottavio Durante 1580–1614 · scientist

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Durante.

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