# Duane (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/duane/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,698 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,809 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 181,829 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.7% (1,859 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dwayne |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of the Irish name Dubhán (from Primitive Irish ᚇᚑᚃᚐᚌᚅᚔ (dovagni)), from dubh (“black, dark”); or transferred from the surname, which is from Irish Ó Dubháin (literally “descendant of Dubhán”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Duane in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Duane in the United States.

## People named Duane

- William J. Duane, American politician, Jackson administration cabinet member (1780-1865)
- Diane Duane, American author
- William Duane, American physicist (1872–1935)

## Similar surnames

Dunn, Dunne, Deane, Doane, Dane, Dan, Duan, Dun, Duhaime, Dean, Donahue, Downey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.