About the D'Aoust surname
The surname D'Aoust has a primarily toponymic formation. The structure of the surname suggests a locational or toponymic formation linked to a place, estate, or landscape feature. This formation belongs to the broad group of surnames connected with a place or geographic feature. The opening particle in D'Aoust is part of the surname's structure. In French surnames, forms of this kind are often associated with a place, estate, landscape feature, or older nickname. In the normalization used for some LAFRANCE searches, the surname is also matched through the form “daoust”; this search variant can be useful when accents, spaces, or punctuation differ.
Pronunciation:
Daoust/daust/