# Dudney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dudney/  
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 Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 642 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,096 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 480,912 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (613 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Deudney, Dewdney, Doodney, Doudney, Dudeney, Dudny |

## Etymology

From Middle English Deudenay, an anglicization of the French characteristical surname Dieudonné (“God-given”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dudney 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Dutton, Deaton, Dayton, Dowden, Doten, Ditton, Dadiani.

## 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.