Duquette
A French surname, most likely a diminutive or regional form built on a nickname or personal name beginning with Du-.
The #7,514 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 69,710 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Duquette is a French surname, and its ending -ette suggests a diminutive or a form that was reshaped in French-speaking usage. The first element du- is the contraction of de + le in French, often meaning "of the" or "from the," but in surnames it can also be part of a fixed older name-form rather than a literal preposition. In practice, surnames of this shape are often difficult to pin to a single literal meaning without an early regional record.
History
The surname is especially associated with French and French-Canadian families, where many names of this type were carried from France into North America during the colonial period. In modern records, Duquette is most common in Quebec and among descendants of French settlers in the United States. Because the name has several plausible older French pathways, the exact origin of any one family line may differ.
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Fun fact
In North American records, Duquette is one of several French surnames that became strongly concentrated in French-Canadian communities and then spread south into the U.S. through migration.