Dunican Surname

510,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Dunican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3251:14,4891,665
United States2261:1,603,801107,667
England651:857,20145,134
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1541:28,7652,963
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Dunican (11) may also be a first name.

Dunican Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dunican is found in Ireland more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dunican.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunican? popularity and diffusion

Dunican is the 510,931st most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 11,386,790 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Dunican are found; 62 percent are found in Northern Europe and 62 percent are found in British Isles. Dunican is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.

Dunican is most frequent in Ireland, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 14,489. In Ireland it is most prevalent in: Leinster, where 85 percent live, Connaught, where 8 percent live and Munster, where 7 percent live. Not including Ireland it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 35 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.

Dunican Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dunican has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people bearing the Dunican surname increased 211 percent between 1901 and 2014; in The United States it increased 2,055 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dunican Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Dunican are 7.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.61% registered to vote for the political party.

Dunican earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.68% less than the national average, earning $36,383 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 Dunican
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