Dreux
loc · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
Dreux is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Jersey.
- FRFrance
- PTPortugal
- ESSpain
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Main GB Location (1881): Jersey.
Cited for this meaning 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
- FRFrance
- ESSpain
- PTPortugal
- CACanada
- GBUnited Kingdom
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Drogob. 996TRnot in their usual nameNorman noble
- Dreux de Bovesb. 1042(1022-1074)
- Drogonb. 1080not in their usual namecardinal bishop of Ostia
- Madame de Brinvilliersb. 1630FRnot in their usual nameFrench murderer
- Jean-François Dreux du Radierb. 1714FRFrench historian (1714-1780)
- Pierre Lucien Joseph Dreuxb. 1756FRFrench teacher and librarian (1756-1827)
- Pierre Honoré Dreuxb. 1829FRFrench politician (1829-1888)
- Dick Dreuxb. 1913NLDutch writer
- Dreux de Baladonseigneur de Baladon
- Georges DreuxFRcivil engineer
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).
Evidence
(measured from records)19 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 481 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 457 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 411 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 388 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 372 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 352 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 350 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 299 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 276 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 235 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 170 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 144 | #47,933 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- What does the name Dreux mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Jersey. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Dreux have the most bearers?
- Dreux is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dreux”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.