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Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,769 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 462 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Some French last names include a prefix called a particle (French: particule), a preposition or article at the beginning of the name. The most widespread of these are de (meaning "of"), le or la ("the"), and Du or de La ("of the"). A common misconception is that particules indicate some noble or feudal origin of the name, but this is not always ...
Dubois (/ d ʊ ˈ b w ɑː / duu-BWAH; also spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French of the woods/forest) is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include:
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
Lists of the most common surnames by continent: Lists of most common surnames in African countries; Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries; Lists of most common surnames in European countries; Lists of most common surnames in North American countries; Lists of most common surnames in Oceanian countries
Lambert is an English and French [1] given name and surname. It is from the Low German form of the anthroponymic name Landberht from the Old High German land "(home) land" and beraht "bright". [2] It is one of the most common French surnames with a total number of birth in France between 1966 and 1990 around 18,000 births.
Tremblay (French pronunciation: [tʁɑ̃blɛ]) is a French toponymic surname, especially common in French-speaking Canada. As of 2006, Tremblay was the most common surname in Quebec, Canada, accounting for 1.076% of the province's population. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Tremblay (1912–1975), Canadian prospector and ...