Dunch Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Dunch Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the dunch,' i.e. deaf. 'Dunch, deaf, dull, "deafe, or hard of hearing" (1582). ... A dunch passage, a blind, dark passage': Halliwell. compare Daffand Daft.

Stephen Dunche, Cambridgeshire 1273.

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Dunch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1271:2,854,007168,820
Denmark421:134,39812,049
Russia221:6,551,048261,263
England61:9,286,343223,652
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748

Dunch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the dunch,' i.e. deaf. 'Dunch, deaf, dull, "deafe, or hard of hearing" (1582). ... A dunch passage, a blind, dark passage': Halliwell. compare Daffand Daft.

Stephen Dunche, Cambridgeshire 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Dunche, vicar of Santon, Norfolk, 1490: History of Norfolk.

Robert Dunch, Norfolk, 1409: ibid.

1598. William Dunche, of Wyttenham, Berks, and Mary Cromwell, of Hichinbrooke, Huntingdonshire: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Deaf, Dull; Squat [Dialectal English] Cp. Dunk.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Deaf; dull.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The notable family of Dunch of Little Wittenham in the 16th century (A.) possess few, if any, descendants in our own time.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Dunch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dunch (Russian: Дуньч) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunch? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,118,459th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Dunch are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Dunch is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 2,854,007. In The United States Dunch is most common in: Ohio, where 30 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 17 percent live and California, where 15 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 19 percent live and Russia, where 10 percent live.

Dunch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dunch has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Dunch last name declined 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dunch Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Dunch surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Dunch are 20.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.91% registered with the party.

Dunch earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.25% less than the national average, earning $37,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dunsch91134/
Duench91107/
Daunch9164/
Dunche9113/
Dunc8917/
Dunsche83142/
Duntsch8398/
Deunsch8310/
Dautnch831/
Donch80208/
Dinch80205/
Dunce80150/
Duncz806/
Duncs803/
Dunsh801/
Dunchova771/
Dhunkh73368/
Doench73269/
Dounce7397/
Daunce7365/
Dünsch7311/
Donsch7310/
Doonch733/
Dunkhe732/
Dumche731/
Dunczt731/
Dunshe731/
Dunz67837/
Duns67533/
Duchens67120/
Duncová6786/
Düntsch6759/
Donc6755/
Dontsch6733/
D'Oench6715/
Duncova6713/
Dunj6711/
Duchins679/
Duchyns677/
Doumche676/
Dunx671/
Dusence671/

Dunch Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dunch in the Russian language
Дуньчdunc-

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