<P> 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 ) . </P>
<P> 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 ) . </P>
where does the last name dumas come from
where does the last name dumas come from
Southern French topographic surname
Southern French topographic surname