Popularity of the last name by country

Tunisia

• Tunis (158)
• Bizerte (11)
• Sfax (3)
• Sousse (3)
• Ariana (2)
• Ben Arous (2)
• Gafsa (1)
• Kairouan (1)
• Medenine (1)
• Monastir (1)

All countries

• France (1,712,324)
• Canada (30,352)
• United States (15,792)
• Belgium (13,183)
• Martinique (5,130)
• Switzerland (4,705)
• United Kingdom (4,033)
• Germany (3,159)
• Netherlands (2,496)
• Algeria (1,781)
• New Zealand (1,018)
• Italy (949)
• Unknown country (924)
• Mauritius (784)
• Guadeloupe (720)
• Spain (689)
• Australia (603)
• Réunion (522)
• Russian Federation (344)
• Haiti (291)
• Viet Nam (235)
• Morocco (219)
• India (218)
• Tunisia (198)
• New Caledonia (190)
• Ireland (184)
• Luxembourg (172)
• Austria (161)
• Monaco (134)
• French Guiana (129)
• Madagascar (129)
• Mexico (122)
• Argentina (119)
• Poland (111)
• Turkey (95)
• Sri Lanka (83)
• Brazil (81)
• Sweden (70)
• South Africa (69)
• Chile (64)

Origine of last name

DUVAL : 1: French Walloon Breton (of French origin) and Haitian: topographic name for someone ‘from the valley’ from (Old) French val ‘valley’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Val">Val</a>) with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’; or a habitational name for someone from Le Val the name of several places in various parts of France and in Belgium (Wallonia) named with this word. This surname is also established in the Dominican Republic. It is also found England where it is in part of Huguenot origin. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Devall">Devall</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Deville">Deville</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Duvall">Duvall</a>.2: English: perhaps from a diminutive of the Old English female personal name Dūfe (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Dove">Dove</a> 1).