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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : in its earliest Canadian manifestations this name is found as Dumay, with spelling variants Dumé, Dumetz, etc., indicating that it is probably a variant of Dumas. However, there has been confusion with various other names, including Demers, Demerce, and Massé (see Masse).
  • A bearer of the name Dumay was in Quebec in 1666, and the marriage of another bearer of this name is recorded in Quebec in 1685.

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