Duby History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The prestigious surname Duby comes from the region of Provence, in France. The surname Duby is of local origin, and is therefore a type of hereditary surname. Local surnames are derived either from an already existing place-name or from a local feature of the geography.

Early Origins of the Duby family

The surname Duby was first found in Provence where this esteemed family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Originating from the d'Ubaye river region in this province, the family grew and branched to Brittany (French: Bretagne), where members were known as the Dube de la Garenne family, and were noted for their devoted service to the King and for their contributions in their communities. In the middle of the 19th century, members of this family immigrated to the New World, where they flourished and became a notable and large family.

Mathurin Dube, born in 1631, son of Jean and Renée, travelled from Normandy to Canada in the 17th century. He married Marie Campion at Sainte-Famille, Quebec on 3rd September 1670. They had nine children together, 5 daughters and 4 sons. 1

Early History of the Duby family

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Duby Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dube, Dubet, Dubais, Dubé, Dubée, Dubaie, Duber, Dubey, Dubay, Dubbe, Dubbet, Dubbais, Dubbée, Dubbé, Dubbaie, Dubber, Dubbey, Dubbay and many more.

Early Notables of the Duby family

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Duby Ranking

In the United States, the name Duby is the 14,922^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 However, in France, the name Duby is ranked the 9,574^th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 3

Duby migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Duby Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jean Louis Duby, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1794 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Duby (post 1700) +

Heather Duby (b. 1974), American singer and songwriter
Jacques Duby (1922-2012), French stage, film and television actor
Georges Duby (1919-1996), French historian specializing in the Middle Ages
Jean Étienne Duby (1798-1885), Swiss clergyman and botanist
Craig John Duby (b. 1949), Australian politician from Brisbane, Queensland, Opposition Leader of the Australian Capital Territory in 1991
Caroline Duby Glassman (1922-2013), American attorney and jurist, Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1983-1987), the first woman to serve on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

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