# Dunkley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dunkley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,049 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,520 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 101,261 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (2,479 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dunckley |

## Etymology

Possibly a habitational surname, from the village of Dinckley, in Lancashire.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dunkley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 44% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dunkley in the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Dunkley

- Louisa Margaret Dunkley, Australian telegraphist and labor organizer (1866–1927)
- Jo Dunkley, British astrophysicist (1979-)
- Spencer Dunkley, British basketball player and coach

## Similar surnames

Dunkle, Dunkel, Dunkelberger, Dunklin, Densley, D'Angelo, DeAngelo, DeAngelis, Dingle, Dinkel, Dengler, Dingler.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.