Dufour Surname
Approximately 92,779 people bear this surname
Dufour Surname Definition:
(French) The official who operated the public oven, a baker.
Read More About This SurnameDufour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 58,745 | 1:1,131 | 44 |
| Canada | 19,053 | 1:1,934 | 195 |
| United States | 6,592 | 1:54,985 | 6,559 |
| Belgium | 3,664 | 1:3,138 | 314 |
| Switzerland | 963 | 1:8,528 | 1,404 |
| Argentina | 886 | 1:48,243 | 4,073 |
| Italy | 852 | 1:71,780 | 12,668 |
| Uruguay | 369 | 1:9,300 | 1,044 |
| England | 194 | 1:287,206 | 22,180 |
| New Caledonia | 172 | 1:1,606 | 101 |
| Netherlands | 168 | 1:100,519 | 16,312 |
| Germany | 153 | 1:526,179 | 44,202 |
| Spain | 107 | 1:436,935 | 23,071 |
| French Polynesia | 104 | 1:2,700 | 546 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Brazil | 90 | 1:2,378,604 | 73,132 |
| Mexico | 70 | 1:1,773,232 | 17,696 |
| Denmark | 70 | 1:80,639 | 7,855 |
| Thailand | 48 | 1:1,471,632 | 200,579 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Haiti | 17 | 1:628,465 | 11,048 |
| Chile | 16 | 1:1,101,030 | 21,213 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Ecuador | 13 | 1:1,223,527 | 16,126 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Greece | 7 | 1:1,582,827 | 88,377 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1:116,108 | 6,306 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 4 | 1:2,404 | 44 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 89 | 1:273,881 | 19,201 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 338 | 1:148,576 | 13,812 |
Dufour (61) may also be a first name.
Dufour Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) The official who operated the public oven, a baker.
User-submitted Reference
Dufoor was originally Dufour, but was changed somewhere around the late 19th century or the early 20th century. There are two stories about how this name changed. One story says that a noble Frenchman called Count Dufour committed a horrible crime. He was banned from France and was forced to change his name so it wouldn't sound French and more Dutch or Flemish. The other story claims that the Dutch and/or Flemish didn't know the name Dufour and therefore wrote down Dufoor on the registration papers when a family with the name Dufour came to live in Belgium.
- bjorndufoorWritten as DeFoer, some individuals with the name DuFour became DeFoer after immigrating to the United States, where immigration workers at Ellis Island improperly recorded the name. The original "DuFour" is of the French language and translates to 'of the oven', implying perhaps that the family was well known for having skilled bakers. The name appears to have originated in francophone parts of Belgium.
- defoermDufour Demographics
Average Dufour Salary in
United States
$44,723 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dufour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dufour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dufour is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dufour? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dufour is the 6,097th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,547 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Dufour are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 61 people.
The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 58,745 people, or 1 in 1,131. In France Dufour is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 23 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 15 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent reside. Barring France this last name occurs in 80 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Dufour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dufour has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dufour last name rose 1,950 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 218 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dufour Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Dufour last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Dufour last name are 8.07% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.84% being registered with the political party.
The amount Dufour earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 4.13% less than the national average, earning €28,790 per year; in Norway they earn 198.64% more than the national average, earning 1,033,530 kr per year; in Peru they earn 146.14% more than the national average, earning S/. 47,714 per year; in South Africa they earn 51.81% more than the national average, earning R 360,756 per year; in United States they earn 3.65% more than the national average, earning $44,723 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.11% less than the national average, earning $41,180 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duffour | 92 | 3,166 | / |
| Dufourd | 92 | 619 | / |
| Dufourt | 92 | 538 | / |
| Dusfour | 92 | 412 | / |
| Doufour | 92 | 26 | / |
| Dufoure | 92 | 24 | / |
| Daufour | 92 | 15 | / |
| Dufourz | 92 | 0 | / |
| Dufur | 91 | 773 | / |
| Dufor | 91 | 256 | / |
| Duffourd | 86 | 164 | / |
| Duffourt | 86 | 21 | / |
| Dusfourd | 86 | 13 | / |
| Doufourt | 86 | 7 | / |
| Duffoure | 86 | 3 | / |
| Dufouert | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dufort | 83 | 4,598 | / |
| Duford | 83 | 1,182 | / |
| Dufaur | 83 | 460 | / |
| Dufore | 83 | 328 | / |
| Dufoor | 83 | 195 | / |
| Dufuor | 83 | 48 | / |
| Dufoir | 83 | 36 | / |
| Dufoer | 83 | 35 | / |
| Duffor | 83 | 18 | / |
| Doufur | 83 | 10 | / |
| Dufuur | 83 | 8 | / |
| Dufurt | 83 | 5 | / |
| Duffur | 83 | 4 | / |
| Dufoyr | 83 | 4 | / |
| Doufor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Deufor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dufuer | 83 | 0 | / |
| Duffuor | 77 | 1,048 | / |
| Duffort | 77 | 770 | / |
| Dufaure | 77 | 736 | / |
| Dufford | 77 | 730 | / |
| Dufoort | 77 | 126 | / |
| Dufoyer | 77 | 31 | / |
| Duffoir | 77 | 6 | / |
| Duffaur | 77 | 5 | / |
| Dufortt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deufort | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dusford | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deuford | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dutford | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deufaur | 77 | 1 | / |
| Doufort | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dufoirt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Duphour | 77 | 0 | / |
| Duffuer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dauford | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dufar | 73 | 21 | / |
| Duffaure | 71 | 20 | / |
| Douffort | 71 | 17 | / |
| Duffaurt | 71 | 15 | / |
| Duffoire | 71 | 7 | / |
| Doufford | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dauforth | 71 | 0 | / |
| Dufare | 67 | 595 | / |
| Doufar | 67 | 316 | / |
| Duffar | 67 | 189 | / |
| Dufier | 67 | 65 | / |
| Dufart | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dufard | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dufair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dudfar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duphur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhufar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dufear | 67 | 0 | / |
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