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The Dupuis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,179 people carried this name — #4,340 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,087 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dupuis surname

du + puits (“well”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dupuis» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 14,058 people named Dupuis.

205 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 100 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 205
Paris 1,333
Pas-de-Calais 1,327
Nord 1,299
Seine-Maritime 969
Somme 659
Oise 497
Yvelines 478
Vienne 467

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 1,476 people named Dupuis 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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 656
Namur 331
Brussels-Capital 148
Walloon Brabant 135
Liège 118
Luxembourg Province 55
West Flanders 18
Flemish Brabant 15

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

573 people named Dupuis live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 374
Geneva 70
Valais 43
Zurich 29
Fribourg 26
Bern 20
Neuchâtel 7
Ticino 4

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.

In print

Dupuis in American newspapers,
1909–1915.

Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Dupuis
The Birmingham Age-herald 1909-10-03
Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Dupuis
Luxemburger Gazette 1915-08-12
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Dupuis
La Prensa 1915-08-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,073 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dupuis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pierre Dupuis
    Pierre Dupuis 1610–1682 · painter
  • Thomas Sanders Dupuis
    Thomas Sanders Dupuis 1733–1796 · composer
  • Charles-François Dupuis
    Charles-François Dupuis 1742–1809 · astronomer
  • Adèle Dupuis
    Adèle Dupuis 1780–1847 · actor
  • Rosa Dupuis
    Rosa Dupuis 1786–1878 · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 206 lives in all are documented under this name.

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