How common is the surname Dubois?

23,366 people in the United States had the surname Dubois in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,213 Americans. It ranked 1,539th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dubois?

W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist and activist (1868–1963), followed by Ja'Net DuBois.

Where is the surname Dubois most common?

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

How do you pronounce Dubois?

Dubois is /duˈbɔɪz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dubois getting more or less common?

More common. 22,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,366 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Dubois

A French surname, carried by 23,366 people in the United States.

Pronounced /duˈbɔɪz/ 2 syllables Soundex D120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dubois is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Dubois. See there for more.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,366 people named Dubois in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,213 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,455.

#1,539

rank among US surnames

23,366

people in 2010

7.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,459)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,530	Post	23,458	13,162
#1,531	Montalvo	23,454	13,164
#1,532	Zhou	23,437	13,173
#1,533	Prado	23,436	13,174
#1,534	Heard	23,408	13,190
#1,535	Lord	23,405	13,191
#1,536	Thao	23,404	13,192

Who is named Dubois

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Dubois identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Duboiss

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
Ja'Net DuBois
American actress (1932–2020)
Daniel Dubois
British boxer, born 1997
Alphonse Dubois
Belgian naturalist and ornithologist, 1839–1920
Shirley Graham Du Bois
American composer and writer (1896–1977)
Paul Du Bois
Belgian sculptor and medalist (1859–1938)
Allison DuBois
American psychic, born 1972
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, born 1986

Notable Duboiss come mostly from the United States (6), Belgium (6) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dubois

Dubois has the Soundex code D120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D120.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dubois come from?: Borrowed from French Dubois. See there for more.
How common is the surname Dubois?: 23,366 people in the United States had the surname Dubois in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,213 Americans. It ranked 1,539th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dubois?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Dubois identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dubois?: W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist and activist (1868–1963), followed by Ja'Net DuBois.
Where is the surname Dubois most common?: Wikidata records people named Dubois in the United States, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Dubois?: Dubois is /duˈbɔɪz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Dubois getting more or less common?: More common. 22,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,366 in 2010, up 4.1%.