How common is the surname Dunigan?

3,711 people in the United States had the surname Dunigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,197 Americans. It ranked 8,828th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dunigan?

Tim Dunigan, American actor, followed by Lord Infamous.

Where is the surname Dunigan most common?

Wikidata records people named Dunigan in the United States.

Is the surname Dunigan getting more or less common?

More common. 3,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,711 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Dunigan

A surname, carried by 3,711 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). Dunigan is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,711 people named Dunigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,197 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,460.

#8,828

rank among US surnames

3,711

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,743)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,822	Molitor	3,712	83,175
#8,828	Wolverton	3,711	83,197
#8,832	Mistry	3,710	83,220
#8,834	Stiltner	3,709	83,242

Who is named Dunigan

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

71% of people named Dunigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunigans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tim Dunigan
American actor, born 1955
Lord Infamous
American rapper (1975-2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunigan

Dunigan 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 Dunigan?: 3,711 people in the United States had the surname Dunigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,197 Americans. It ranked 8,828th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunigan?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Dunigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dunigan?: Tim Dunigan, American actor, followed by Lord Infamous.
Where is the surname Dunigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunigan in the United States.
Is the surname Dunigan getting more or less common?: More common. 3,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,711 in 2010, up 7.3%.