Dunns Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Dunns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:4,646,909242,363
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Dunns Last Name Facts

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

Dunns (Arabic: دونس) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunns? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,943,350th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Dunns is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Dunns live; 91 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Dunns is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 4,646,909. In The United States it is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 26 percent are found, Texas, where 19 percent are found and Illinois, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Dunns Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dunns has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dunns last name rose 139 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 81 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dunns Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dunns last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

Dunns earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.19% less than the national average, earning $36,596 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daunns910/
Duns89533/
Dunst803,369/
Dunse80501/
Dhuns80139/
Dauns80114/
Duyns8042/
Douns8017/
Dunås8014/
Donns8012/
Dunsø805/
Dunsh801/
Duhns801/
Dumns801/
Deuns800/
Dugginns770/
Dunsch73134/
Dunszt7394/
Dunsæd7325/
Duijns7317/
Ducens738/
Daunse732/
Dutins732/
Dunshe731/
Duggins674,842/
Dons671,807/
Dums671,135/
Dunz67837/
Duysens67510/
Dunsche67142/
Duchens67120/
Deunsch6710/
Duchins679/
Duchyns677/
Dunx671/
Daunsøe671/

Dunns Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dunns in the Arabic language
دونسdwns-

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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
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  • 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 Dunns
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