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References
- ↑ Géopatronyme : repartition of Dupuis according to the number of births
- ↑ Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 224b-225a
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