How common is the surname Dunagan?

3,465 people in the United States had the surname Dunagan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,104 Americans. It ranked 9,384th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dunagan?

Donnie Dunagan, actor and United States Marine (born 1934).

Where is the surname Dunagan most common?

Wikidata records people named Dunagan in the United States.

Is the surname Dunagan getting more or less common?

More common. 3,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,465 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Dunagan

A surname, carried by 3,465 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunagan is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,465 people named Dunagan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,104 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,251.

#9,384

rank among US surnames

3,465

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,226)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,378	Foxworth	3,469	89,001
#9,381	Frechette	3,468	89,027
#9,382	Hennings	3,467	89,053
#9,384	Geraghty	3,465	89,104
#9,389	Averett	3,464	89,130
#9,393	Byington	3,463	89,156

Who is named Dunagan

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

89% of people named Dunagan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunagans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Donnie Dunagan
Actor and United States Marine (born 1934)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunagan

Dunagan has the Soundex code D525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D525.

Questions

How common is the surname Dunagan?: 3,465 people in the United States had the surname Dunagan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,104 Americans. It ranked 9,384th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunagan?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dunagan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dunagan?: Donnie Dunagan, actor and United States Marine (born 1934).
Where is the surname Dunagan most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunagan in the United States.
Is the surname Dunagan getting more or less common?: More common. 3,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,465 in 2010, up 6.6%.