Durian

loc · Latin script

Meaning: durian (fruit)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Durian is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
131 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is 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(measured from records)

durian (fruit)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Durian counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Durian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—321—131
BR Brazil—64——
NL Netherlands—35—10
AR Argentina—22——
CR Costa Rica—2——

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)

Durian is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Ďurian

  • Slovak surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Ďurian

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ďurian

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ďurian

34 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Durian is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, tasty, foul-smelling fruit

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In zlm, thorny fruit (see _duri_); specifically, the durian (_Durio zibethinus_) … but extended to the soursop, _Anona muricata_, the wild _Durio malaccensis_ that yields a spiky edible fruit, etc.

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In iba, trees, _Durio_ spp (Malvaceae), with large spiky (_be-duriʔ_) fruit

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In English, Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Cebuano, nonstandard spelling of duryan

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Durian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020321#66,499
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010260#74,375
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000255#71,372
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—64#87,998
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200735#37,781
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—22—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

What does the name Durian mean, and where does it come from?
durian (fruit) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Durian have the most bearers?
Durian is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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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, “Durian”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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