Duque History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Duque family

The surname Duque was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where this prominent family was established in ancient times.

The family became even more prominent through contributions by its members to the society and to their respective communities, and also through many alliances with other important families of the day. An important alliance was formed between the branch Duquet and the Mercier family of St. Sulpice in Paris. The branch Duchat d'Aubigny was ennobled in Metz, Lorraine in 1721.

Denis Duquet, born in 1612, settled in Canada in the 17th century. After arriving in Quebec he married Catherine Gautier, born in 1627, on 13th May 1638. They had one son, Pierre Duquet, and he married Anne La Marre in Quebec on 23rd August 1666. 1

Early History of the Duque family

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Duque Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ducquette, Duquette, Duquète, Ducquet, Duquet, Duquais, Duchet, Duchez, Duchey, Duchette, Duchais, Duché and many more.

Early Notables of the Duque family

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Duque Ranking

In the United States, the name Duque is the 7,759^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Duque migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Duque Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Colinea Duque, who arrived in New Spain in 1835 3
Manuel Duque, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Duque (post 1700) +

Tomás L. Duqué, American politician, Honorary Consul General for Ecuador at Los Angeles, Calif, 1896 4
Clarisol Duque, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008 4
Pedro Duque (b. 1963), Spanish European Space Agency astronaut with over 9 days in space 5
Fabio Duque Jaramillo (1950-2022), Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Armenia, Colombia, from 2003 to 2012

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
NASA Astronauts Homepage. (Retrieved 2011, January 17) Pedro Duque. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/duque.html