The dufour Surname

dufour Name Meaning and History

French: occupational nickname for a baker, from du four ‘(the man) from the oven’.

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The dufour name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the dufour family name as far back in history as possible.

dufour Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of dufour Families in the US in 1920

Number of dufour families

29-56

10-28

1-9

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Thread	Author	Replies
Hattie Dufour	dzachm	0
Surname DUFOUR	teach552	1
Violette Dufour b Ft. Smith, AR 1921 m Paul Lesser	seymouriacecild	1
St. Amour/Dufour Families	GeorgesBlanchard	0
Caprain Faustin DuFour - France / Newark, NJ	KAR1007293	0
Clarice Dufour	Theresa Nardone	5
Cyrille Dufour (1825-1864)	Harquailirish	1
Looking for grandfather's family - DuFour	aspen carr	1
DUFOUR/DUFORCE Peter Detroit River Area	chuckandcathykreger	4
Dufour in Ontario	peggy short	29

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