Dunska Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Dunska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia511:40,1976,121
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Dunská (7) & Duńska (3) are calculated separately.

Dunska Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dunska (Russian: Дунська) is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Dunská or Duńska. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunska? popularity and diffusion

Dunska is the 2,352,516th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. Dunska occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Dunska live; 85 percent live in Northern Europe and 79 percent live in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 40,197. In Latvia Dunska is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 45 percent reside, Latgale, where 22 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 16 percent reside. Beside Latvia this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent reside and Italy, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dunska Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dunska in the Russian language
Дунськаdunska-

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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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  • 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 Dunska
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