Dunnings Surname

626,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 489 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Dunnings 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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Dunnings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2561:1,415,85597,523
England1591:350,42825,285
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1221:199,79815,918
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Dunnings 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

Dunnings Last Name Facts

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

Dunnings is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunnings? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 626,382nd most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,902,957 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Dunnings live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 1,415,855. In The United States it is mostly found in: Virginia, where 14 percent live, Florida, where 14 percent live and Georgia, where 14 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent live and New Zealand, where 5 percent live.

Dunnings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dunnings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dunnings surname increased 5,120 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 130 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dunnings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dunnings surname are 5.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.27% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dunnings earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 16.77% more than the national average, earning $50,386 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.02% more than the national average, earning $57,641 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dunning9324,987/
Dunings930/
Daunning883/
Donnings882/
Dunnning882/
Dunningg881/
Duning86206/
Dunnink80789/
Donning80176/
Deuning8092/
Douning8019/
Dunging8018/
Duhning806/
Dauning804/
Duuning802/
Donings801/
Dünning801/
Dutning800/
Dumning800/
Dunnyng800/
Duining800/
Doenning755/
Dunnnink751/
Doning71318/
Düning71178/
Doumgning711/
Duneng711/
Duinink6735/
Doening6730/
Dühning6723/
Dinhngs673/
Duninck673/
Dooning673/
Douneng671/
Duininck63253/
Deuninck6378/
Doeningk630/
Dheuninck5914/
Deuninckx591/
Duninkova591/
Doneng572/
Donnenk531/
Duinenk530/
Deunynck5018/

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