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The Durr surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,937 people carried this name — #5,057 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,594 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,303 people named Durr live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

St. Gallen 416
Zurich 237
Basel-Landschaft 110
Aargau 89
Bern 71
Thurgau 64
Basel-Stadt 60
Graubünden 59

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 718 people named Durr.

39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 39
Bas-Rhin 236
Haut-Rhin 123
Meurthe-et-Moselle 42
Moselle 40
Paris 29
Vosges 25
Haute-Savoie 24
Aisne 19

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

In the Nordic population registers

21 people named Durr is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

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

Durr in American newspapers,
1897–1912.

Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Durr
Daily Capital Journal 1897-10-04
Newspaper page from The Labor Journal carrying the name Durr
The Labor Journal 1912-03-01
Newspaper page from Ranche And Range carrying the name Durr
Ranche And Range 1898-01-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 41,084 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Durr,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Shajar al-Durr
    Shajar al-Durr d. 1257 · ruler
  • Virginia Foster Durr
    Virginia Foster Durr 1903–1999 · writer
  • Louis Durr 1821–1880 · art collector
  • Clifford Durr 1899–1975 · lawyer
  • Raymond Durr 1901– · amateur wrestler
  • William Kirtley Durr 1924–2009 · writer

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

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Surnames next to Durr.

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