Explore the Family Name Dubie

The meaning of Dubie

1. French (Dubié): topographic name for someone who lived by a mill race, from bié ‘mill race’, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’. 2. Altered form of French Dubé (see Dube 1). History: Many of the American bearers of the surname Dubie are descendants of Mathurin Dubé from France, who was in QC by 1670 (see Dube).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Dubie has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the name ranked 44,497 and then fell to 46,886 in 2010, marking a change of -3.12%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people with this surname increased slightly from 455 in 2000 to 465 in 2010, a growth of 2.2%. However, when considering the proportion per 100k people, there was a decline of around 5.88% between the two census years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,497	#45,886	-3.12%
Count	455	465	2.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.16	-5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dubie

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the surname Dubie, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority identify as White. There was a slight decrease in this category from 96.26% in 2000 to 95.27% in 2010. While there were no reported individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or of Two or more races in both years, there was a significant increase in those identifying as Hispanic, going from 1.54% in 2000 to 1.94% in 2010. Interestingly, the census for 2010 shows some individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native which was not the case in 2000, whereas people identifying as Black in 2000 did not appear in the 2010 census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.26%	95.27%	-1.03%
Hispanic	1.54%	1.94%	25.97%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.08%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.32%	0%	0%