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    The surname Dunklin

    A surname, carried by 1,102 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D524

    Dunklin: #23,153 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dunklin #23,153, 1,102 people Dunklin: #23,153 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dunklin #23,153, 1,102 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunklin is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,102 people named Dunklin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,168 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,002.

    #23,153
    rank among US surnames
    1,102
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10%
    change since 2000 (was #23,594)

    Who is named Dunklin

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

    63% of people named Dunklin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 63%
    • White (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Two or more races 4.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dunklin

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dunklin?
    1,102 people in the United States had the surname Dunklin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,168 Americans. It ranked 23,153rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dunklin?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Dunklin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dunklin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,102 in 2010, up 10%.