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Dupuy
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English
Etymology
en fr Dupuy.
Proper noun
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en French.
en Jennifer Tucker Now that guns can kill hundreds in minutes, Supreme Court should rethink the rights question w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/opinions/supreme-court-gun-rights-case-lethality-tucker 2021-10-20 In 1964, Dupuy developed the “Theoretical Lethality Index” (TLI), which calculated the lethal capacity of weapons across time. The TLI table showed how many persons a soldier with a weapon could theoretically kill in one hour. https://web.archive.org/web/20260112234710/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/opinions/supreme-court-gun-rights-case-lethality-tucker 12 January 2026
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Dupuy is the 9192nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3548 individuals. Dupuy is most common among White (80.64%) and Black/African American (10.94%) individuals.
Further reading
Forebears
French
Etymology
The municipality in Québec is named after priest Jean-Baptiste Dupuy (1804 - 1879).
Pronunciation
fr Dupuis Dupuit Dupuits
fr ij 2
Proper noun
fr French
fr municipality rcm/Abitibi-Ouest r/Abitibi-Témiscamingue p/Quebec c/Canada
Descendants
en Dupuy
Further reading
Forebears
fr eponyms