Dunagan Surname

97,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Dunagan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunagan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,7781:75,8608,687
Nepal311:918,7415,800
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Guam121:13,3432,098
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
England61:9,286,343223,652
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland141:267,3738,913
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4551:110,37110,994

Dunagan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dunagan is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunagan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 97,471st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,496,723 people. The surname Dunagan is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Dunagan are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 4,778 people, or 1 in 75,860. In The United States it is most numerous in: Georgia, where 17 percent live, Texas, where 13 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Dunagan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dunagan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,050 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 45 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 57 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dunagan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Dunagan surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Dunagan surname are 31.71% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 78.48% registered with the party.

The amount Dunagan earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 2.39% less than the national average, earning $42,116 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.59% less than the national average, earning $35,975 CAD per year.

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Dunagan Reference & Research

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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 Dunagan
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