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

Similar surnames: Duke, Due, Dub, Duwe, Rube, Duby, Duhe, Mule, Daube, Duin

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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.

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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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Dube Surname Meaning

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

Where is the Dube family from?

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.

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Unpaid domestic duties

100%

What Dube family records will you find?

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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