Explore the Family Name Dubeau

The meaning of Dubeau

French: 1. patronymic, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘of the’, from the nickname (Le) Beau ‘(the) handsome, (the) beautiful’ (see Beau and Lebeau). 2. habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone from Le Beau, the name of several places in various parts of France. Some characteristic forenames: French Cecile, Lucien, Marcel, Normand.

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How common is the last name Dubeau in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname "Dubeau" had a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The ranking of the name fell from 35,445 to 35,622 during this period, representing a marginal drop of 0.5%. However, despite the slight drop in rank, the count of individuals with "Dubeau" as their surname actually increased by nearly 5% from 601 to 631. The proportion per 100,000 saw a minimal decline of 4.55% from 0.22 to 0.21.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,445	#35,622	-0.5%
Count	601	631	4.99%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.21	-4.55%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dubeau

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of people with the "Dubeau" surname identify as White, accounting for 96.67% in 2000 and 95.09% in 2010, showing a minor reduction of 1.63%. Meanwhile, the number of those identifying as Hispanic showed growth, increasing by more than 13% over the decade. Notably, there was no record of 'Dubeau' among Asian/Pacific Islanders, Blacks, or American Indian and Alaskan Natives. However, a new category appeared in 2010: those identifying with two or more races, making up 1.74% of the total Dubeaus. Any other figures were suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.67%	95.09%	-1.63%
Hispanic	2.66%	3.01%	13.16%
Two or More Races	0%	1.74%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%