Last name: DUFFUS
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DUFFUS : This last name is indexed 6,944 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
DUFFUS : 1: Scottish: habitational name from a place in Morayshire called Duffus.2: English: nickname or topographic name from Middle English douvehous duffous ‘dovecote’ for someone who lived by or worked in a dovehouse. It is possible that the English form of this name died out in or after the medieval period.3: Possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch Duffhues or Duifhuis: topographic or habitational name referring to a house or a farm distinguished by a dovecot (compare 2 above) and named so.
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