# Dunlop (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dunlop/  
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) | 4,234 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,819 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,921 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (4,164 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Of Scottish origin, all senses ultimately from the village. See Clan Dunlop#Etymology for further breakdown.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dunlop 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dunlop in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.

## People named Dunlop

- James Dunlop, Australian astronomer (1793–1848)
- Marion Wallace Dunlop, British artist and suffragette (1864-1942)
- John Thomas Dunlop, American labor economist and former United States Secretary of Labor (1975-1976)
- Frankie Dunlop, American jazz drummer (1928-2014)
- Blair Dunlop, British actor and musician

## Similar surnames

Dunlap, Dunleavy, Dunlevy.

## 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.