Find out how popular the last name Dube is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dube.

Dube, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dube surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dube in America

Dube is the 3881st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dube surname appeared 9,136 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 people would have the surname Dube.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dube to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dube

The surname Dube is of French origin, deriving from the Old French word "dube" which means "hill" or "hillock." This name first emerged in the region of Normandy in northern France during the Middle Ages.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Dube date back to the 12th century in various administrative and legal documents from the Duchy of Normandy. One notable early bearer of this surname was Guillaume Dube, a Norman landowner who lived in the village of Beaumesnil in the late 1100s.

In the centuries that followed, the name Dube spread across France and eventually to other parts of Europe as families migrated. Some variations in spelling arose, such as Dubé, Dubee, and Dubaye, but all stemmed from the same Old French root.

One of the earliest known bearers of the Dube name in England was Robert Dube, a merchant from Rouen who settled in London in the early 15th century. Records show he was granted a license to trade with the city's wool merchants in 1412.

Another prominent individual with the Dube surname was Jean Dube, a French Huguenot who fled religious persecution and settled in the Dutch Republic in the late 16th century. He became a successful merchant and banker in Amsterdam.

In the 17th century, Jacques Dube was a French soldier and explorer who accompanied the famous explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle on his expeditions through the Great Lakes region of North America. Jacques Dube is believed to have been one of the first Europeans to set foot in what is now the state of Illinois.

During the French Revolution of the late 18th century, Pierre-Joseph Dube was a Catholic priest who became a vocal supporter of the revolutionary cause. He published several pamphlets advocating for the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic.

In more recent history, Fernand Dube was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1957 to 1968, representing the riding of Restigouche—Madawaska in New Brunswick. He was born in 1904 and passed away in 1985.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dube

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dube.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dube was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dube has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dube was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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