Dunschen Surname

846,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dunschen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunschen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3201:251,58027,249
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Dunschen Last Name Facts

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

Dunschen is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunschen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 846,108th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dunschen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Dunschen is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 320 people, or 1 in 251,580. In Germany Dunschen is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent live. Other than Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Dunschen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dunschen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dunschen last name decreased 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dunshen931/
Dunchen930/
Donschen8856/
Dunsen8672/
Duncen8611/
Dunchn861/
Dunnsheen820/
Duhnsen8029/
Dumchen8010/
Dunshin805/
Dunchin803/
Dunseng802/
Dunchyn801/
Deunsen801/
Dunnsen800/
Dauncen800/
Dunssen800/
Dusenschön783/
Duncn775/
Dunshina753/
Dunstsen750/
Dungen71315/
Donsen7191/
Dunsin7188/
Duncin7118/
Dunjen7117/
Dumsen7115/
Dunzen715/
Duchensne714/
Doncen711/
Dünsen711/
Dunccn710/
Dunskn710/
Dunsing67401/
Doensen67367/
Dhungen67102/
Dünchem6748/
Dumchin6714/
Dungeng6711/
Dounsin678/
Dumchyn676/
Dumseng675/
Dünchin671/
Dounjen671/
Donshyn671/
Dumngen671/
Duntgen670/
Duncing670/
Dunskin670/

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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 Dunschen
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