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Early Origins of the Mabille family

The surname Mabille was first found in Roche-Mabile, a commune in the Orne department in north-western France having derived from the French word "bille" which means a piece of wood.

Early History of the Mabille family

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Mabille Spelling Variations

There were a great number of spelling variations in French surnames. One reason for this was the wide variety of cultural influences present in France during the early development of the French language. The many spelling variations of the name include Mabille, Mabile, Mabire, Mabilleau, Mabillon and many more.

Early Notables of the Mabille family

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Mabille Ranking

In France, the name Mabille is the 3,929th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1


United States Mabille migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Mabille. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Mabille were

Mabille Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Adrian Francis Mabille, who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1807 2

Canada Mabille migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mabille Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Michelle Mabille, who arrived in Canada in 1641
  • Francois Mabille, who landed in Canada in 1646

Contemporary Notables of the name Mabille (post 1700) +

  • Jules Paul Mabille (1835-1923), French naturalist
  • Jules François Mabille (1831-1904), French malacologist, biologist and zoologist
  • Xavier Mabille (1933-2012), Belgian historian and political scientist
  • Alexis Mabille (b. 1977), Parisian based fashion designer


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. 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)


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