Dunaway Surname

34,920th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Dunaway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunaway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,7891:24,5093,088
Canada1161:317,63429,153
England911:612,28636,401
Philippines631:1,606,956108,100
Honduras501:176,3292,117
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
France11:66,422,722504,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England661:369,32422,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7091:29,3853,576

Dunaway (28) may also be a first name.

Dunaway Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dunaway Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dunaway is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunaway? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 34,920th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 480,772 people. The surname Dunaway occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Dunaway reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 28 people.

The surname Dunaway is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 14,789 people, or 1 in 24,509. In The United States Dunaway is most common in: Texas, where 9 percent live, Kentucky, where 7 percent live and Georgia, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Dunaway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dunaway has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 865 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 138 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dunaway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dunaway last name are 18.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.89% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dunaway earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.33% less than the national average, earning $41,279 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.67% less than the national average, earning $45,871 CAD per year.

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Dunaway Reference & Research

Dunaway DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Dunaway FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dunaway
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