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    The surname Dunkin

    A surname, carried by 3,489 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D525

    Dunkin: #9,334 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dunkin #9,334, 3,489 people Dunkin: #9,334 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dunkin #9,334, 3,489 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunkin is more common than 94.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,489 people named Dunkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,491 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,363.

    #9,334
    rank among US surnames
    3,489
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #8,938)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,328Klimek3,49288,415
    #9,330Leonhardt3,49188,440
    #9,332Kratzer3,49088,466
    #9,334Navarrette3,48988,491
    #9,337Korman3,48888,516
    #9,338Vallejos3,48788,542
    #9,343Ostrom3,48588,593

    Who is named Dunkin

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

    87% of people named Dunkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dunkins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pigeon John
      American rapper, born 1972

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dunkin

    Dunkin 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 Dunkin?
    3,489 people in the United States had the surname Dunkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,491 Americans. It ranked 9,334th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dunkin?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Dunkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dunkin?
    Pigeon John, American rapper.
    Where is the surname Dunkin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dunkin in the United States.
    Is the surname Dunkin getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,489 in 2010, up 3.7%.