Dunshire Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Dunshire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunshire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dunshire Last Name Facts

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

Dunshire is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunshire? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dunshire is the 3,141,416th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Dunshire reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 1,504,936. In South Africa Dunshire is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 83 percent are found, Gauteng, where 14 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Dunshire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dunshire has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Dunshire last name contracted 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dunshire Last Name Statistics demography

Dunshire earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.16% less than the national average, earning R 127,956 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dunsire93630/
Dunshir930/
Donshire880/
Dunsre861/
Dunsir861/
Dhonshire821/
Deumshire820/
Dunsere801/
Dumsire801/
Dunsier800/
Dunsher800/
Dhunsiri75138/
Dunchiri753/
Dunnsiri752/
Dounsiri751/
Dungir71204/
Dunser7161/
Dumsir711/
Doumchire711/
Duschinger67235/
Dungiri6713/
Donsier678/
Hdungir677/
Dumsiri675/
Duncher672/
Donsiri671/
Donschoure670/

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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 Dunshire
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