# Dun (surname)

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

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 505 |
| US rank (2010) | 42,858 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 611,377 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (476 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from the placename Dun, Angus, itself probably from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress”). * As an English surname, variant of Dunn. * As a Dutch surname, from the adjective dun (“thin”). * As a Chinese surname, Mandarin form of surname 頓 /顿 meaning "pause" or 敦 meaning "sincere."

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dun 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) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 38% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 4.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dun in the United States.

## People named Dun

- Josh Dun, American musician and drummer

## Similar surnames

Dunn, Dunne, Duane, Duan, Dunaway, Dean, Donahue, Downey, Doan, Denny, Dinh, Donohue.

## 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.