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    The surname Dun

    A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 505 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dun is more common than 73.6% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    * 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."

    Dun is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 505 people named Dun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 611,377 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 476.

    #42,858
    rank among US surnames
    505
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #42,830)

    Who is named Dun

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    50% of people named Dun identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 38%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Duns

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Josh Dun
      American musician and drummer, born 1988

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dun

    Dun has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dun come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Dun?
    505 people in the United States had the surname Dun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 611,377 Americans. It ranked 42,858th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dun?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Dun identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Dun?
    Josh Dun, American musician and drummer.
    Where is the surname Dun most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dun in the United States.
    What type of surname is Dun?
    Dun is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Dun getting more or less common?
    More common. 476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 505 in 2010, up 6.1%.