Dunbar Surname
Approximately 54,368 people bear this surname
Dunbar Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dunbar.' A Scotch surname.
Philippus Donbar, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Dunbar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34,921 | 1:10,379 | 1,265 |
| England | 4,490 | 1:12,409 | 1,827 |
| Australia | 3,865 | 1:6,985 | 1,028 |
| Canada | 3,336 | 1:11,045 | 1,653 |
| Scotland | 2,433 | 1:2,201 | 404 |
| Jamaica | 1,244 | 1:2,307 | 364 |
| Liberia | 1,082 | 1:4,074 | 512 |
| South Africa | 668 | 1:81,104 | 10,011 |
| New Zealand | 507 | 1:8,932 | 1,540 |
| Ireland | 501 | 1:9,399 | 1,270 |
| Northern Ireland | 465 | 1:3,968 | 789 |
| Wales | 164 | 1:18,869 | 2,022 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 93 | 1:14,666 | 1,875 |
| France | 78 | 1:851,573 | 100,617 |
| Guyana | 48 | 1:15,880 | 2,122 |
| Thailand | 44 | 1:1,605,417 | 210,847 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33 | 1:3,414 | 507 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Cayman Islands | 14 | 1:4,564 | 572 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Isle of Man | 12 | 1:7,152 | 1,559 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Haiti | 9 | 1:1,187,101 | 12,579 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 6 | 1:5,722 | 548 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Grenada | 6 | 1:18,089 | 1,003 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 743 | 1:5,962 | 963 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2,273 | 1:1,647 | 303 |
| England | 1,162 | 1:20,977 | 2,963 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:74,686 | 3,520 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,731 | 1:6,496 | 811 |
Dunbar (527) may also be a first name.
Dunbar Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dunbar.' A Scotch surname.
Philippus Donbar, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
From the old lands or barony of Dunbar. The first individuals to use the name were the descendants of Earl Gospatric (of Northumberland, 1067—1072), descendant of Crinan, thane of Dunkeld. The latter's parentage "is not certainly known, but his grandfather was probably Duncan, lay-abbot of Dunkeld, who was killed in 965, and his mother or grandmother may have been a daughter of one of the last kings of the Isles" (Sc. Peer., III, p. 240). John de Dunbar witnessed a gift of land to the Hospital of Soltre c. 1250—66 (Soltre, p. 32), Adam of Dunbar, 1269 (Bain, I, p. 511), Robert de Dunbar, burgess of Abirbrothoc, 1382 (RAA., II, 38). Robert Dunbarre of Scotland had letters of safe conduct to remain in England for a time in 1398 (Bain, IV, 507). James Dunbar, a Scots prisoner of war in Knaresburgh, 1425 (ibid., 981), and another James of Dunbar had a safe conduct into England in 1451 (ibid., 1232). In 1368 the Dunbars acquired the lands of Glenkens and Mochrum (Agnew, I, p. 230), and the Dunbars of Caithness, who appear there in the middle of the fifteenth century, are descended from the Dunbars of Westfield. Dounbare 1692, Dumbar 1625, Dumbare 1600.
(Celtic) belonging to Dunbar = the Fort of the Summit [Gaelic dún, a fort + barr]
(Scottish) One who lived on the lands of Dunbar (fort on the height), in Scotland.
A parish and town in Haddingtonshire, anciently the fief of the famous historical earls of Dunbar, immediate descendants of Gospatric, earl of Northumberland, who fled into Scotland with Edgar Atheling at the Norman Conquest, and to whom Malcolm Canmore gave the manor soon afterwards.
Local: from Dunbar in Haddingtonshire-dunabar, the castle on the hill. Crinan, Earl of Northumberland, before the Conquest, was father of Maldred, Earl of Northumberland, whose son, Gospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, having incurred the displeasure of William the Conqueror, went to Scotland in 1068, he was there created Thane of Dunbar and Lothian, and his descendants afterwards assumed the surname of Dunbar.
Local. From the town of Dunbar, at the mouth of the Frith of Forth, Scotland. Dunabar, Gaelic, signifies the castle, town, or fort on the height or summit. The town was so called from its situation on the rock which at this place projects into the sea.
(Scotch) Bar's hill is the signification of the local name. The family of Dunbar were called by the Gaels Barridh; i. e., Descendants of Bar. Dun, a castle, a height. Dundas, Hill of the fallow-deer. Dunlop, Castle of the elbow or bend. (variant: du Guesclin and von Katzenellebogen.)
A location name in Haddingtonshire.
Dunbar Demographics
Average Dunbar Salary in
United States
$41,836 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dunbar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dunbar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dunbar (Arabic: دنبر, Hindi: डुंबर, Marathi: डंबर) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dunbar.
How Common Is The Last Name Dunbar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,352nd most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 134,041 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Dunbar reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 61 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Dunbar is also the 367,549th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 527 people.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 34,921 people, or 1 in 10,379. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 6 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 85 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.
Dunbar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dunbar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dunbar surname increased 452 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 386 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 107 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 33 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 781 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dunbar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Dunbar surname is predominantly Catholic (41%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Dunbar surname are 9.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.28% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Dunbar earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.58% more than the national average, earning R 438,624 per year; in United States they earn 3.04% less than the national average, earning $41,836 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.69% more than the national average, earning $51,514 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbarr | 92 | 78 | / |
| Dunbare | 92 | 31 | / |
| Dunnbar | 92 | 12 | / |
| Dunbard | 92 | 5 | / |
| Dunmbar | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dunbear | 92 | 0 | / |
| Dunbaur | 92 | 0 | / |
| Dunbart | 92 | 0 | / |
| Dunbhare | 86 | 10 | / |
| Dunnbare | 86 | 2 | / |
| Dunmbare | 86 | 2 | / |
| Dunnbarr | 86 | 0 | / |
| Dumbar | 83 | 753 | / |
| Donbar | 83 | 47 | / |
| Dunwar | 83 | 10 | / |
| Dunvar | 83 | 5 | / |
| Dunbor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dusinbare | 80 | 0 | / |
| Dumbare | 77 | 8,056 | / |
| Dumbard | 77 | 8 | / |
| Daunvar | 77 | 6 | / |
| Dunware | 77 | 5 | / |
| Daumbar | 77 | 3 | / |
| Dunvare | 77 | 2 | / |
| Doumbar | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dhunuar | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dunbore | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dhunwar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dunbord | 77 | 1 | / |
| Duinwar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dunborr | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dumbart | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dusenbarre | 75 | 0 | / |
| Dumbhare | 71 | 1,318 | / |
| Dhumbare | 71 | 49 | / |
| Doumbare | 71 | 16 | / |
| Dhunware | 71 | 7 | / |
| Dhunvare | 71 | 5 | / |
| Dhounwar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Daunward | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dumbahre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dumbarre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dombar | 67 | 2,175 | / |
| Dumbor | 67 | 161 | / |
| Donwar | 67 | 29 | / |
| Dumbarova | 67 | 22 | / |
| Dhumbhare | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dhunwaare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhaumbare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dunwor | 67 | 0 | / |
Dunbar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dunbar in the Hindi language | ||
| डुंबर | dumbara | - |
| Dunbar in the Marathi language | ||
| डंबर | dambara | - |
| Dunbar in the Arabic language | ||
| دنبر | dnbr | - |
| دانبر | danbr | - |
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