Duffus (surname)
Duffus is a surname of Scottish and English origins.[1][2] In England it originated from terms meaning someone connected to a dovehouse.[1][2][3][4] In Scotland, it originated as a habitational surname for the parish of Duffus.[1][2][5]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Carol M. Duffus, British professor
- Chester Stairs Duffus (1891–1981), Canadian military pilot
- Courtney Duffus (born 1995), English-born Irish-Jamaican soccer player
- David Duffus, British rugby player
- Dwight Duffus, Canadian-American mathematician
- Herbert Duffus (1908–2002), Jamaican judge
- John Duffus (1901–1975), Scottish soccer player
- Joseph James Duffus (1876–1957), Canadian merchant and parliamentarian
- Joshua Duffus (born 2005), English soccer player
- Louis Duffus (1904–1984), South African cricketer
- Mark Anthony Duffus, British rapper
- Parris Duffus (born 1970), American ice hockey player
- Paul Duffus (born 1969), birth name of British artist Faisal Abdu'Allah
- Robert Duffus (1891–1949), Scottish soccer player
See also
References
- ^ a b c Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard A.; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford (GB): Oxford university press. ISBN 9780199677764.
- ^ a b c Reaney, Percy H.; Wilson, R. M. (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. p. 2139. ISBN 0203993551.
- ^ Harrison, Henry, -1921, and Gyda Pulling Harrison. Surnames of the United Kingdom: a Concise Etymological Dictionary. London: Eaton Press, 191218
- ^ Reaney, Percy H. (1987). The origin of English surnames (Repr ed.). London: Routledge & Paul. ISBN 9780710003539.
- ^ Black, George Fraser (1999). The surnames of Scotland: their origin, meaning, and history (12. repr ed.). New York: Public Library. ISBN 0871041723.