Dupont Surname

4,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130,131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dupont Surname Definition:

(French) Of the Bridge [Latin pont-em, acc. of pons, a bridge]

Dupont Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France77,7401:85423
Belgium14,9561:76918
United States13,7801:26,3033,307
Canada10,6061:3,474448
Haiti1,9811:5,393654
Denmark1,5021:3,758331
Brazil1,4131:151,5035,800
Germany1,0851:74,1999,390
Switzerland1,0261:8,0051,295
Morocco6481:53,2048,802
Argentina5851:73,0666,210
Thailand4501:156,97425,052
Netherlands4201:40,2086,820
England3651:152,65214,538
Mexico2731:454,6758,518
Luxembourg2621:2,216247
New Caledonia2441:1,13237
Swaziland2271:5,719371
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
French Polynesia1961:1,433231
Mauritius1911:6,7721,394
Spain1811:258,29916,363
Uruguay1731:19,8372,261
Portugal1701:61,2843,295
Australia1541:175,29717,847
South Africa1291:419,98236,405
Dominican Republic1161:89,9394,002
Peru801:397,30212,780
Venezuela741:408,1638,379
Colombia651:734,9868,155
Senegal571:255,7781,562
Italy471:1,301,20677,088
Trinidad and Tobago441:30,9993,171
Cuba431:267,9705,087
Sweden401:246,16917,052
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
China311:44,107,1472,374
Russia311:4,649,131213,487
India261:29,502,515369,827
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Benin241:430,65030,545
Scotland221:243,35512,191
Greece211:527,60966,013
Chile201:880,82418,509
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Paraguay151:482,4506,463
Hong Kong131:564,2683,428
Serbia131:549,61120,712
Tunisia131:46,9716,396
Norway121:428,52437,411
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines121:9,388765
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
Monaco101:3,707328
Saint Kitts and Nevis101:5,520561
Vietnam91:10,294,0062,767
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Iceland71:54,2993,881
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Gabon61:314,8663,603
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Wales61:515,75523,171
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Malta41:107,5681,849
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Andorra31:27,9461,499
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Anguilla21:6,718471
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Ethiopia21:48,773,13129,601
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Mozambique21:13,630,7847,358
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Montserrat11:4,947471
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England881:276,99319,333
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Wales31:522,80514,314
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9971:50,3705,721

The alternate forms: Düpont (45), Dupônt (1) & Dúpont (1) are calculated separately.

Dupont (667) may also be a first name.

Dupont Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French) Of the Bridge [Latin pont-em, acc. of pons, a bridge]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(French) One who lived near a bridge.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

French ' Of the Bridge.'

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dupont Last Name Facts

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

Dupont occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Düpont, Dupônt or Dúpont. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dupont? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,327th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,002 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Dupont are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 321,321st most numerous first name globally, borne by 667 people.

This last name is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 77,740 people, or 1 in 854. In France Dupont is most prevalent in: Hauts-de-France, where 22 percent live, Île-de-France, where 16 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account France Dupont exists in 138 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Dupont Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dupont has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dupont surname grew 1,382 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 415 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dupont Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Dupont last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Dupont are 7.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.05% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dupont earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.25% less than the national average, earning 310,594 kr per year; in Peru they earn 71.2% more than the national average, earning S/. 33,188 per year; in South Africa they earn 69.39% more than the national average, earning R 402,528 per year; in Colombia they earn 66.47% more than the national average, earning $37,793,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.11% more than the national average, earning $44,490 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.45% less than the national average, earning $42,504 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Düpont9445/
Dupônt941/
Dúpont941/
Duponte92173/
Dupontt9243/
Dupoint9243/
Duppont9232/
Dupondt929/
Du'pont924/
Doupont924/
Dupontz923/
Duponts922/
Duponth921/
Hdupont921/
Dupomnt921/
Duphont920/
Deupont920/
Dupon912,674/
Dupointe8621/
Dupponte861/
Dupond832,464/
Dupong83222/
Duponq8368/
Dipont8327/
Dupone8313/
Dhupon839/
Dupohn837/
Dupant836/
Duppon835/
Dupoin831/
Duspon831/
Dupunt831/
Dupomt831/
Duphon830/
Deupon830/
Duphong77545/
Duppong77270/
Deuphon773/
Duphant772/
Duponds772/
Dupante771/
Doupong771/
Duppond771/
Duponne771/
Doupone771/
Dippont771/
Dupaunt771/
Dupan73879/
Dupom733/
Düpon732/
Dauphant71467/
Dudphong718/
Duphuong711/
Daupan67265/
Dupang67136/
Dupane6777/
Dupaan6716/
Doupom6710/
Dhupan679/
Duppan678/
Doupan674/
Dubpan672/
Dipond672/
Duphom671/
Dipant671/
Dupand670/
Dupanc670/

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Dupont Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dupont
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