Dunstone Surname
Approximately 1,536 people bear this surname
Dunstone Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dunstan.' One of this name was Abbot of Glastonbury and Archbishop of Canterbury.
Thomas Dunstan, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Dunstan de Berstede, Kent, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameDunstone Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 918 | 1:29,407 | 3,949 |
| England | 308 | 1:180,903 | 16,305 |
| United States | 162 | 1:2,237,401 | 140,088 |
| South Africa | 71 | 1:763,066 | 52,802 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 349 | 1:69,843 | 7,843 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 70 | 1:717,410 | 46,098 |
Dunstone (17) may also be a first name.
Dunstone Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dunstan.' One of this name was Abbot of Glastonbury and Archbishop of Canterbury.
Thomas Dunstan, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Dunstan de Berstede, Kent, ibid.
Mabil fil. Dunstani, Suffolk, ibid.
Han Donestan, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
(a) Local, 'of Dunston,' parishes in the the Dioceses of Lincoln, Southwell, Norwich, Oxford, and Durham. The first two are represented in the first two instances below:
Hugh de Dunston, Lincolnshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
William de Dunston, Nottinghamshire, ibid.
William de Donstone, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1578. John Dunstane and Elizabeth Bagley: Marriage Lic. (London).
1593. Richard Rymes and Anne Dunston, Staffordshire: ibid.
1601. Richard Dunstone and Sarah Wall: ibid.
A surname in Fife. Dunstone recorded in Glasgow may be a variant. (1) It may be the common Old English personal name Dunstan (Searle). (2) There is a Dunstane near Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire. Master William Dunstan held lands in Perth, 1202 (LIM,, p. 49), and another William Dunstan of Perth rendered homage, 1291 (RR.).
More probably from one of the places so called in cos. Lincoln, Norfolk, Northumberland, and Stafford, than from the well-known Anglo-Saxon personal name.
(Saxon.) From Dun, a hill, and stan, a stone—the stone—hill, or the strong, enduring dun or fortress.
Dunstone Demographics
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Dunstone Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dunstone Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dunstone is found most in Australia. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dunstone? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 256,621st most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 4,744,496 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Dunstone are found; 60 percent are found in Australasia and 60 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most widely held in Australia, where it is borne by 918 people, or 1 in 29,407. In Australia Dunstone is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 42 percent reside, Victoria, where 28 percent reside and South Australia, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Australia this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
Dunstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dunstone has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 12 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 231 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 238 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dunstone Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Dunstone surname is principally Episcopalian (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Dunstone surname are 26.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73.53% registered with the party.
The amount Dunstone earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 190.96% more than the national average, earning R 691,440 per year; in United States they earn 1.43% more than the national average, earning $43,768 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.82% more than the national average, earning $56,054 CAD per year.
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