Duréau
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Duréau is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: hard(y) (see Duro). 2. patr., originally (fils) d’hureau, from the nickname hureau scallywag, a dim. of hure shock-headed (see Hure). D’Urso see Orso Vars. (of i): Durel, Duret.
- FRFrance≈1 in 65K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 236K
- CACanada≈1 in 569K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 172 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 65K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Dureau in FR France, US United States, AU Australia and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
hard(y) (see Duro). 2. patr., originally (fils) d’hureau, from the nickname hureau scallywag, a dim. of hure shock-headed (see Hure). D’Urso see Orso Vars. (of i): Durel, Duret.
Sources 3
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Where in the world(measured from records)
Duréau counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 65K | 120 | Dureau | 172 |
| AU Australia | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 236K | — | Dureau | 47 |
| US United States | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 3.9M | listed | Dureau | 93 |
| CA Canada | ≈66 est. | ≈1 in 569K | — | Dureau | 30 |
| ES Spain | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Dureau | 2 |
| CH Switzerland | 3 | 1 in 2.8M | 3 | — | 2 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 2M | — | Dureau | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Duréau mean, and where does it come from?
- hard(y) (see Duro). 2. patr., originally (fils) d’hureau, from the nickname hureau scallywag, a dim. of hure shock-headed (see Hure). D’Urso see Orso Vars. (of i): Durel, Duret. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 1 other source.
- Is Duréau a male or female name?
- Duréau is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Duréau have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Duréau in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dureau.
- How common is the name Duréau?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 3 people named Duréau in 2024, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dur%C3%A9auThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Duréau”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.