How common is the surname Dunker?

1,416 people in the United States had the surname Dunker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,041 Americans. It ranked 19,177th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dunker?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dunker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dunker getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,416 in 2010, down 5.5%.

The surname Dunker

A surname, carried by 1,416 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunker is more common than 88.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,416 people named Dunker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,041 Americans. That is down 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,498.

#19,177

rank among US surnames

1,416

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,377)

Who is named Dunker

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

92% of people named Dunker identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunker

Denker

Dunker has the Soundex code D526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D526.

Questions

How common is the surname Dunker?: 1,416 people in the United States had the surname Dunker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,041 Americans. It ranked 19,177th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunker?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dunker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dunker getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,416 in 2010, down 5.5%.