Detre

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/dtʁ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Detre is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 105K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium1 in 46K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.2M

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)

≈650 people, est.

Sources
134 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 46K (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Detre 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.

Where Detre is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈650 est.≈1 in 105K97Detre134
BE Belgium2551 in 46K255Detre18
US United States≈73 est.≈1 in 4.6MlistedDetre22
GB United Kingdom≈20 est.≈1 in 3.3M—Detre9
ES Spain≈13 est.≈1 in 4M—Detre1
CH Switzerland71 in 1.2M7—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); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Detre is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Detré, Détré

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States

    Also written Detrik

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Chile, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Detré, Détré

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Detré, Détré

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Détré

  • Arabic name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Dêtre

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Detré

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000László Detre, b. 1874László Detre, b. 1906Thomas Detre, b. 1924Zsolt Detre, b. 1947Szabolcs Detre, b. 1947Annamária Detre, b. 1948Zoltán Detre, b. 1950Zsuzsa Detre, b. 1955Diána Detre, b. 1983

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Detre, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Detre
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981120—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971116—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961107—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941102—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199197—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192186—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193181—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190164—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191161—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)189132—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200812#63,759

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Detre?
A machine transcription gives /dtʁ/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Detre have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 648 people named Detre in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled detre.
Where is Detre most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Detre is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 46 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Detre?
In Belgium, the national register counted 255 people named Detre in 2008, about 1 in 46 thousand residents.

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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, “Detre”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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