Devaux

surname · Latin script

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

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

Devaux is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Middx. locative name denoting someone from any of the numerous places named with the Gaulish element ver(n) ‘alder’, for example in Calvados and Manche.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 5.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 467K
  • BEBelgium1 in 12K

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)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
296 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.4K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Middx. locative name denoting someone from any of the numerous places named with the Gaulish element ver(n) ‘alder’, for example in Calvados and Manche.

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Devaux 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 Devaux is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#268≈13,000 est.≈1 in 5.4K1.7KDevaux296
CN China—≈9,200 est.≈1 in 151K—Devaux2
BE Belgium—1,0121 in 12K1KDevaux59
US United States—7131 in 467K713Devaux135
CH Switzerland—2341 in 36K234Devaux25
LU Luxembourg#426≈16 est.≈1 in 39K—Devaux11

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); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population 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)

Devaux is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written De-Vaux, De'Vaux

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written De Vaux

39 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)

175018001850190019502000Charles Devaux, b. 1797Paul Devaux, b. 1801Théomir Devaux, b. 1885André Devaux, b. 1894Jean-Jacques Devaux, b. 1953Christian Devaux, b. 1956Jean-Christophe Devaux, b. 1975Thomas Devaux, b. 1980Antoine Devaux, b. 1985Céline Devaux, b. 1987

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 Devaux, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Devaux
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19512.2K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19612.1K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19711.9K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19411.9K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19811.8K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19911.7K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19211.7K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19311.4K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19011.3K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19111.3K—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20081K#1,316
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—955#1,399

Reference works 4

  • 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 Devaux mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Middx. locative name denoting someone from any of the numerous places named with the Gaulish element ver(n) ‘alder’, for example in Calvados and Manche. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Devaux?
A machine transcription gives /dəvo/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Devaux have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Devaux in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled devaux.
How common is the name Devaux?
In Belgium, the national register counted 1,012 people named Devaux in 2008, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
How common is Devaux compared with other names?
In France, Devaux is the 268th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Devaux” — the 268th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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