Dubois Family History
Dubois Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Dubois Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dubois families
 263 - 523  88 - 262 |
 1 - 87  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dubois families
|
47 - 91 16 - 46 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Dubois last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dubois Family Origin
Dubois Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Dubois
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Dubois Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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