French: altered spelling of Dufau, a topographic name for
someone who lived near a prominent beech tree or in a beech wood, from
Occitan fau ‘beech’ (from Latin fagus), with fused
preposition and definite article du ‘from the’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?
A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.
Begin your family tree with your name:
The dufault name in History
A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the dufault family name as far back in history as possible.
Member Connections
Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the dufault last name.