Dunk Surname

90,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Dunk Surname Definition:

(English or Scandinavian) Fat, Short, Squat [East. Dialectal English] Cp. Dunch. (English) a corrupt descendant of the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Dun(n)inc or Dun(n)ing = Dun(n)'s Son [Old English dun(n, brown; -ing, ‘son’ suffix]

Dunk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6211:34,3734,533
United States1,3591:266,71025,101
Australia9051:29,8304,004
Canada6361:57,9336,837
Netherlands1941:87,04714,424
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Northern Ireland761:24,2772,748
Scotland681:78,7335,846
Denmark631:89,5998,581
Jamaica451:63,7773,321
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Wales321:96,7047,743
Lebanon221:256,2319,426
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Iran91:8,531,392160,212
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
China31:455,773,85521,925
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9711:25,1033,472
Wales121:130,7015,289
Scotland111:340,29210,329
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2141:234,66719,701

The alternate forms: Dünk (8) are calculated separately.

Dunk (94) may also be a first name.

Dunk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English or Scandinavian) Fat, Short, Squat [East. Dialectal English] Cp. Dunch. (English) a corrupt descendant of the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Dun(n)inc or Dun(n)ing = Dun(n)'s Son [Old English dun(n, brown; -ing, ‘son’ suffix]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A Dutch surname, rather common both here and in America. It is probably an epithet implying dark or obscure. Du. donker.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dunk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dunk (Arabic: دانك) is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Dünk. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunk? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 90,169th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,370,612 people. The last name Dunk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 39 percent of Dunk reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Dunk is also the 980,251st most widespread first name on earth, borne by 94 people.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 1,621 people, or 1 in 34,373. In England Dunk is most frequent in: Kent, where 14 percent live, Greater London, where 13 percent live and East Sussex, where 10 percent live. Excluding England this surname occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 17 percent live.

Dunk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dunk has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Dunk surname expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 635 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 618 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 267 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 250 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dunk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Dunk last name is chiefly Anglican (83%) in Ireland and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Dunk surname are 22.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.79% registered with the political party.

The amount Dunk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 129.12% more than the national average, earning R 544,488 per year; in United States they earn 7.49% more than the national average, earning $46,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.61% more than the national average, earning $51,974 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dünk928/
Dunke89541/
Deunk89270/
Dunck89127/
Duink8962/
Duunk8912/
Dhunk8910/
Dungk891/
Dunkp891/
Dhunkh80368/
Duhnke80239/
Dusink80166/
Duncke80151/
Daunke8077/
Dhunke8060/
Dungke8034/
Dumnke806/
Dhunkk803/
Dunkhe802/
Dounke801/
Dunnke801/
Duinek800/
Duncks800/
Dutnck800/
Dunkke800/
Dung75105,987/
Donk751,841/
Dunc7517/
Dunq752/
Dunx751/
Dunková731,175/
Dunkova73294/
Doungkh731/
Dhonk671,788/
Doung671,420/
Daung67500/
Dungs67424/
Duing67152/
Dhung6761/
Deung6747/
Dünck6731/
Dunng6730/
Dumck6715/
Duung6713/
Doonk673/
Dunckova673/
Dungh673/
Dunqu672/
Dgung672/
Dungg672/
Ddung671/
Dumks671/
Dungt671/
Donkh671/
Duschenk671/
Doenk670/

Dunk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dunk in the Arabic language
دانكdank-
دونكdwnk-
دنكdnk-

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