How common is the surname Dunkel?

2,079 people in the United States had the surname Dunkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,507 Americans. It ranked 14,378th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dunkel?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dunkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dunkel?

Mo Hayder, British author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021).

Where is the surname Dunkel most common?

Wikidata records people named Dunkel in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Dunkel?

Dunkel is /ˈdʌn.kəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dunkel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,079 in 2010, up 8.3%.

The surname Dunkel

A German surname, carried by 2,079 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdʌn.kəl/ 2 syllables Soundex D524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunkel is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Dunkel.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,079 people named Dunkel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,507 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,920.

#14,378

rank among US surnames

2,079

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,314)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,374	Sclafani	2,080	148,435
#14,378	Litwin	2,079	148,507
#14,382	Fails	2,078	148,578

Who is named Dunkel

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

93% of people named Dunkel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunkels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mo Hayder
British author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunkel

Dunkel has the Soundex code D524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D524.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dunkel come from?: Borrowed from German Dunkel.
How common is the surname Dunkel?: 2,079 people in the United States had the surname Dunkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,507 Americans. It ranked 14,378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunkel?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dunkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dunkel?: Mo Hayder, British author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021).
Where is the surname Dunkel most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunkel in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Dunkel?: Dunkel is /ˈdʌn.kəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Dunkel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,079 in 2010, up 8.3%.