Duning Surname

1,159,732nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 206 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Duning Surname Definition:

Dunning, proprietor of Latham, co. Chester, and ancestor of the family of Lathom, or Latham, of that place, was contemporary with the making of Domesday Book. Whether he was a continued possessor, of the Saxon race, or a Norman grantee, is, Dr.

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Duning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1251:2,899,671170,778
Malaysia261:1,134,39349,681
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
England111:5,065,278148,650
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
France11:66,422,722504,397
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2951:170,23315,362

The alternate forms: Düning (178) are calculated separately.

Duning (794) may also be a first name.

Duning Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Dunning, proprietor of Latham, co. Chester, and ancestor of the family of Lathom, or Latham, of that place, was contemporary with the making of Domesday Book. Whether he was a continued possessor, of the Saxon race, or a Norman grantee, is, Dr. Ormerod thinks, doubtful. His son was called Siward Fitz-Dunning. Miscellanea Palatina, p. CO. The contemporary lord of Kingsley, co. Chester, also bore the personal name of Dunning, as did several other persons in Norman times.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local: from the village of Dunning in Perthshire. The name signifies dark offspring, from dun, black, and ing, a termination denoting children.

The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

The brown offspring, from the Saxon Dunn, brown, and the termination ing, which, among the Saxons, signified offspring, as White—ing, the fair offspring, Cuth—ing, the son of Cuth. Dunning has retained its original orthography since the days of the Saxons.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A patronymic of the name Dunn; or the last syllable may be ing, a meadow.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The present home of the Devonshire Dunnings is in Okehampton. John Dunning, the first Lord Ashburton, took his title from his native town, where he was born in 1731, the sou of an attorney (W. A.).

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

In the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., a Dorset family of Dunning held land in Brockhampton, Buckland; the Dunnings of Beaminster in the last century owned Chaple Marsh farm; Henry Dunning, M. D., of Beaminster, died in 1762 (H.). The Dunnings are also established in Devon, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire.

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

Dunning is another Anglo - Saxon clan name; and Dunnington, a Warwickshire hamlet, was probably the home of the clan in this county (K.). The name was well represented in Cambridgeshire in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.).

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

The Dunnings of Yorkshire possess the name of an Anglo - Saxon clan, which may have had its home at Dunningley in this county.

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

Duning Last Name Facts

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

Duning (Marathi: दुिंनग) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Düning. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Duning? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,159,732nd most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Duning live; 62 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 290,602nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 794 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 2,899,671. In The United States Duning is primarily found in: Ohio, where 28 percent live, Indiana, where 16 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.

Duning Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Duning has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Duning last name decreased 58 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 68 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Duning Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Duning are 37.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84.21% being registered with the political party.

Duning earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.3% less than the national average, earning $41,295 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Düning94178/
Dunning9224,987/
Deuning9292/
Duening9252/
Douning9219/
Dunging9218/
Duhning926/
Dauning924/
Duuning922/
Dunings920/
Dumning920/
Dutning920/
Duining920/
Dunin912,965/
Dunnings86489/
Duehning8687/
Daunning863/
Dunnning862/
Dunningg861/
Dunina831,987/
Dumnin83541/
Dunion83362/
Dounin83359/
Doning83318/
Dhunin83171/
Dining8382/
Dungin8359/
Dunnin8323/
Daunin836/
Dusnin832/
Duinin832/
Duneng831/
Dugnin831/
Deunin830/
Doumgning801/
Dunnink77789/
Dunnion77287/
Donning77176/
Diening77122/
Daungin7736/
Duinink7735/
Doungin7732/
Doening7730/
Dühning7723/
Duinnin7714/
Dhining779/
Dinieng778/
Dunnina775/
D'Union775/
Dooning773/
Duninck773/
Duinina771/
Dougnin771/
Dünning771/
Douneng771/
Dounnin771/
Dungnin771/
Dunnyng770/
Dunngin770/
Donin732,115/
Dunyn73252/
Dunen7316/
Dunim7312/
Daunienė71825/
Duininck71253/
Deuninck7178/
Dounginn719/
Doungnin718/
Doenning715/
Daungnin713/
Dunnnink711/
Doeningk710/
Dunyon67271/
Dunyna67262/
Duinen67111/
Dounen6748/
Dunnen6741/
Doenin6738/
Dineng6738/
Dunnem6729/
Doonin6723/
Dunemn6722/
Donnin6722/
Dheuninck6714/
Duhnen678/
Deunijnck677/
Duynen674/
Dhonin673/
Doneng672/
Donien672/
Deunim671/
Duninkova671/
Daunen671/
Deuninckx671/
Dounyn671/
Duchemnin671/
Dunnim671/
Dumnen671/
Dumnim671/
Dunent670/
Duneen670/
Dusnen670/
Dunehn670/
Daunim670/

Duning Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Duning in the Marathi language
दुिंनगduinnaga-

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