Dufoor Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dufoor Surname User-submission:

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.

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Dufoor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1541:74,65411,851
United States251:14,498,357517,445
France151:4,428,181244,602
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Dufoor Surname Meaning

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.

- bjorndufoor

Dufoor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dufoor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dufoor occurs most in Belgium. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dufoor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dufoor is the 1,206,588th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. The surname Dufoor occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Dufoor are found; 87 percent are found in Western Europe and 65 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 154 people, or 1 in 74,654. In Belgium Dufoor is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 82 percent live, Walloon Region, where 16 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Belgium it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.

Dufoor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dufoor surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.

Dufoor earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.64% more than the national average, earning $51,192 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dufoort92126/
Dufor91256/
Dufour8392,779/
Dufort834,598/
Duford831,182/
Dufore83328/
Dufuor8348/
Dufoir8336/
Dufoer8335/
Duffor8318/
Dufoyr834/
Doufor832/
Deufor831/
Duffour773,166/
Duffuor771,048/
Duffort77770/
Dufford77730/
Dufourd77619/
Dufourt77538/
Dusfour77412/
Doufour7726/
Dufoure7724/
Daufour7715/
Duffoir776/
Dusford771/
Deuford771/
Dutford771/
Dufortt771/
Dufoirt771/
Deufort771/
Doufort771/
Dauford770/
Dufourz770/
Dufur73773/
Dufar7321/
Difor7318/
Duffourd71164/
Duffourt7121/
Douffort7117/
Dusfourd7113/
Doufourt717/
Duffoire717/
Duffoure713/
Doufford711/
Dauforth710/
Dufare67595/
Dufaur67460/
Doufar67316/
Duffar67189/
Difour67142/
Diffor6751/
Doufur6710/
Dufart679/
Dufuur678/
Dufurt675/
Duffur674/
Dufard672/
Dudfar671/
Dhufar671/

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