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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Origin unidentified. Perhaps an altered spelling of Belgian French Detrou, a habitational name, with the preposition de, for someone from any of the various places named Trou, from Old French trau ‘hole’, ‘hollow’, ‘well’. Compare Dutro.

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