How common is the surname Dunkle?

3,329 people in the United States had the surname Dunkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,744 Americans. It ranked 9,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dunkle?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dunkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dunkle?

Nancy Dunkle, American basketball player (born 1955).

Where is the surname Dunkle most common?

Wikidata records people named Dunkle in the United States.

Is the surname Dunkle getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,329 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Dunkle

A German surname, carried by 3,329 people in the United States.

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). Dunkle is more common than 94% 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 3,329 people named Dunkle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,744 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,364.

#9,736

rank among US surnames

3,329

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #8,936)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,733	Frakes	3,332	92,661
#9,734	Strode	3,331	92,689
#9,735	Crispin	3,330	92,716
#9,736	Clymer	3,329	92,744

Who is named Dunkle

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

94% of people named Dunkle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunkles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nancy Dunkle
American basketball player (born 1955)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunkle

Dunkle 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 Dunkle come from?: Borrowed from German Dunkel.
How common is the surname Dunkle?: 3,329 people in the United States had the surname Dunkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,744 Americans. It ranked 9,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunkle?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dunkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dunkle?: Nancy Dunkle, American basketball player (born 1955).
Where is the surname Dunkle most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunkle in the United States.
Is the surname Dunkle getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,329 in 2010, down 1.0%.