How common is the surname Dunaway?

10,798 people in the United States had the surname Dunaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,593 Americans. It ranked 3,320th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dunaway?

Faye Dunaway, American actress, followed by Dennis Dunaway.

Where is the surname Dunaway most common?

Wikidata records people named Dunaway in the United States.

Is the surname Dunaway getting more or less common?

More common. 10,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,798 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Dunaway

A surname, carried by 10,798 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunaway is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

Unknown.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,798 people named Dunaway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,593 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 10,742.

#3,320

rank among US surnames

10,798

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,093)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,312	Seibert	10,826	28,519
#3,313	Briseno	10,821	28,532
#3,315	Nolen	10,820	28,535
#3,316	Hardesty	10,817	28,543
#3,317	Pauley	10,809	28,564
#3,318	Haddad	10,804	28,577
#3,319	Reiter	10,802	28,582

Who is named Dunaway

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

91% of people named Dunaway identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunaways

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Faye Dunaway
American actress, born 1941
Dennis Dunaway
American rock musician, bass guitarist, born 1946

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Dunnaway

Surnames that sound like Dunaway

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

Questions

Where does the surname Dunaway come from?: Unknown.
How common is the surname Dunaway?: 10,798 people in the United States had the surname Dunaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,593 Americans. It ranked 3,320th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunaway?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dunaway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dunaway?: Faye Dunaway, American actress, followed by Dennis Dunaway.
Where is the surname Dunaway most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunaway in the United States.
Is the surname Dunaway getting more or less common?: More common. 10,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,798 in 2010, up 0.5%.
What are other spellings of Dunaway?: Dunnaway.