How common is the surname Dunham?

22,362 people in the United States had the surname Dunham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,807 Americans. It ranked 1,604th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dunham?

Lena Dunham, American writer, director, actress, and producer (born 1986), followed by Jeff Dunham.

Where is the surname Dunham most common?

Wikidata records people named Dunham in the United States.

How do you pronounce Dunham?

Dunham is /ˈdʌnəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dunham getting more or less common?

More common. 21,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,362 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Dunham

An English place surname, carried by 22,362 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdʌnəm/ 2 syllables Soundex D550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunham is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from any of various places in England, from Old English dūn (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,362 people named Dunham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,807 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,772.

#1,604

rank among US surnames

22,362

people in 2010

7.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,506)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,595	Tellez	22,494	13,726
#1,596	Norwood	22,461	13,746
#1,597	Milligan	22,416	13,773
#1,598	Ames	22,385	13,793
#1,599	Purcell	22,383	13,794
#1,600	Ludwig	22,380	13,796
#1,601	Souza	22,373	13,800

Who is named Dunham

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

85% of people named Dunham identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunhams

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lena Dunham
American writer, director, actress, and producer (born 1986)
Jeff Dunham
American ventriloquist and comedian, born 1962
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, actress and activist (1909/1912–2006)
Stanley Ann Dunham
American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama (1942–1995)
Stephen Dunham
American actor (1964-2012)
Mike Dunham
American ice hockey goaltender, born 1972
Duwayne Dunham
American film director and editor, born 1952
William Dunham
American mathematician, born 1947
Evan Dunham
American mixed martial artist, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Donham

Surnames that sound like Dunham

Dunham has the Soundex code D550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D550.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dunham come from?: Habitational surname from any of various places in England, from Old English dūn (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).
How common is the surname Dunham?: 22,362 people in the United States had the surname Dunham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,807 Americans. It ranked 1,604th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunham?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Dunham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dunham?: Lena Dunham, American writer, director, actress, and producer (born 1986), followed by Jeff Dunham.
Where is the surname Dunham most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunham in the United States.
How do you pronounce Dunham?: Dunham is /ˈdʌnəm/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dunham?: Dunham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dunham getting more or less common?: More common. 21,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,362 in 2010, up 2.7%.
What are other spellings of Dunham?: Donham.