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Dube Family History

Dube Surname Meaning

French (Dubé): habitational name with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ for someone from Le Bé, the name of several places in northwestern France. Compare Duba 3 Dubay 1 Dubey 1 Dubie 2 and Duby.

Breton (Dubé also Le Dubé): nickname from dube, a term denoting a kind of pigeon. North German: variant of Duwe. Germanized form of Sorbian, Czech, Polish, and Slovak Duba or Dub ‘oak’.

Indian (northern states; pronounced as two syllables): Brahmin name from Sanskrit dvivedī ‘one who knows (or has mastered) two Vedas’ from dvi ‘two’ + veda ‘Veda, knowledge’.

This name is a cognate of Gujarati Dave and sometimes appears in the form Dwivedi.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Dube families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Dube family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Dube families were found in Canada in 1911. In 1891 there were 10 Dube families living in Yorkshire. This was about 37% of all the recorded Dube's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Dube families in 1891.
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What did your Dube ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Dube. 100% of Dube women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Passenger Lists

There are 6,000 immigration records available for the last name Dube. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 6,000 military records available for the last name Dube. For the veterans among your Dube ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Dube lifespan?

Between 1946 and 2004, in the United States, Dube life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1949, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Dube in 1946 was 46, and 72 in 2004.

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