Dumas is a Southern French topographic surname, with fused preposition and definite article du, for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling in the country rather than in a village, from Occitan mas 'farmstead' (Late Latin mansum, mansus).[1]

People surnamed Dumas include:

See also

References

  1. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
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