Surname Spotlight: Berube

Berube is a French surname. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “dweller on, or near, marshy land”.

Where the name comes from

It is a topographic name, describing where an early bearer lived.

Surname statistics

The 2010 census count for Berube in the United States was 6,067, good for rank 5,716. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 159 births in France were registered under Berube.

Heraldry and the Berube name

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Berube name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned.

Get the complete Berube report, with a museum-style coat of arms.