How common is the surname Dupuis?

8,179 people in the United States had the surname Dupuis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,749 Americans. It ranked 4,340th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dupuis?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dupuis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dupuis?

Sylvain Dupuis, Belgian composer and conductor (1856–1931), followed by Olivier Dupuis.

Where is the surname Dupuis most common?

Wikidata records people named Dupuis in Belgium, Italy and the United States.

Is the surname Dupuis getting more or less common?

More common. 8,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,179 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Dupuis

A French surname, carried by 8,179 people in the United States.

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). Dupuis is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Dupuis.

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 8,179 people named Dupuis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,749 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,087.

#4,340

rank among US surnames

8,179

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,331	Monaco	8,198	37,661
#4,333	Redmon	8,197	37,666
#4,334	Sides	8,194	37,679
#4,335	Leiva	8,193	37,684
#4,336	Wegner	8,192	37,689
#4,337	Guyton	8,191	37,693
#4,338	Atchison	8,185	37,721

Who is named Dupuis

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

94% of people named Dupuis identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dupuiss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sylvain Dupuis
Belgian composer and conductor (1856–1931)
Olivier Dupuis
Belgian and Italian politician, 1958–2026
Sadie Dupuis
American musician, born 1989
Albert Dupuis
Belgian composer (1877-1967)

Notable Dupuiss come mostly from Belgium (2), Italy (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dupuis

Dubois

Dupuis 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 Dupuis come from?: Borrowed from French Dupuis.
How common is the surname Dupuis?: 8,179 people in the United States had the surname Dupuis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,749 Americans. It ranked 4,340th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dupuis?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dupuis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dupuis?: Sylvain Dupuis, Belgian composer and conductor (1856–1931), followed by Olivier Dupuis.
Where is the surname Dupuis most common?: Wikidata records people named Dupuis in Belgium, Italy and the United States.
Is the surname Dupuis getting more or less common?: More common. 8,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,179 in 2010, up 1.1%.