Dunavant Surname

256,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,536 people bear this surname

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

Dunavant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunavant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5201:238,46022,828
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1181:425,58231,158

Dunavant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dunavant occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dunavant.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunavant? popularity and diffusion

It is the 256,621st most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,744,496 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Dunavant live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,520 people, or 1 in 238,460. In The United States it is primarily found in: Tennessee, where 24 percent are found, Texas, where 15 percent are found and Missouri, where 13 percent are found. Not including The United States it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Dunavant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dunavant has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,288 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dunavant Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dunavant surname are 11.21% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.98% being registered with the party.

Dunavant earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.25% more than the national average, earning $47,570 USD per year.

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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 Dunavant
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