# Dubois (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dubois/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,366 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,539 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,213 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (22,455 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /duˈbɔɪz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Dubois. See there for more.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dubois in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dubois in the United States, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

## People named Dubois

- W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
- Ja'Net DuBois, American actress (1932–2020)
- Daniel Dubois, British boxer
- Alphonse Dubois, Belgian naturalist and ornithologist
- Shirley Graham Du Bois, American composer and writer (1896–1977)
- Paul Du Bois, Belgian sculptor and medalist (1859–1938)
- Allison DuBois, American psychic
- Charles Frédéric Dubois, Belgian naturalist (1804–1867)
- Fred Dubois, American politician (1851-1930)
- Louis Dubois, Belgian artist (1830-1880)
- Cora DuBois, anthropologist, academic (1903–1991)
- Arnaud Dubois, Belgian racing cyclist

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

DuBose, Dubbs, Dubas, Dupuis, Davis, Davies, Dobbs, Dabbs, Depaz, Daves, Defazio, DeBose.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.