The dubois Surname

dubois Name Meaning and History

French and English (Norman and Huguenot): topographic name for someone who lived in a wood, from the fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ + French bois ‘wood’ (see Bois). In both England and America the name has been translated as Wood.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of dubois Families in the US in 1920

Number of dubois families

263-523

88-262

1-87

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living Dubois	BarbaraLee3312	0
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lavina Colleen (Bentley) Dubois	cagedraptor	0
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William Dubois and Pinkie Dubois	aboyer48	0
Van Meter in NJ	george_vanmeter	0

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