The Dubus surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 123 people carried this name — #136,449 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 115 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,126 people named Dubus.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 209 people named Dubus live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Dubus live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Dubus,
with a public archive behind them.
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Préville 1721–1799 · actor -
Édouard Dubus 1864–1895 · writer -
Adelaide Dubus d. 1789
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Mathieu Dubus 1590–1665 · painter
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Balthasar Joseph Dubus 1680–1727 · military personnel
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Petrus Dubus 1730–1813
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dubus.
- Dubray 963 · U.S. census
- Dubre 100 · U.S. census
- Dubreuil 979 · U.S. census
- Dubs 857 · U.S. census
- Dubuc 1,078 · U.S. census
- Dubuisson 1,004 · U.S. census
- Duby 1,529 · U.S. census
- Duc 160 · U.S. census
- Duca 1,314 · U.S. census
- Ducas 318 · U.S. census
- Ducasse 665 · U.S. census
- Ducat 654 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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