How common is the surname Dunlop?

4,234 people in the United States had the surname Dunlop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,921 Americans. It ranked 7,819th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dunlop?

James Dunlop, Australian astronomer (1793–1848), followed by Marion Wallace Dunlop.

Where is the surname Dunlop most common?

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

Is the surname Dunlop getting more or less common?

More common. 4,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,234 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Dunlop

A place surname, carried by 4,234 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D541

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunlop is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

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

Dunlop is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,234 people named Dunlop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,921 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,164.

#7,819

rank among US surnames

4,234

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,378)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,812	Whitacre	4,238	72,852
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869
#7,816	Huertas	4,235	72,903
#7,819	Shouse	4,234	72,921
#7,821	Powe	4,233	72,938
#7,825	Sanjuan	4,232	72,955

Who is named Dunlop

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

88% of people named Dunlop identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunlops

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1992

Notable Dunlops come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunlop

Dunlop has the Soundex code D541, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D541.

Questions

Where does the surname Dunlop come from?: Of Scottish origin, all senses ultimately from the village. See Clan Dunlop#Etymology for further breakdown.
How common is the surname Dunlop?: 4,234 people in the United States had the surname Dunlop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,921 Americans. It ranked 7,819th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunlop?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Dunlop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dunlop?: James Dunlop, Australian astronomer (1793–1848), followed by Marion Wallace Dunlop.
Where is the surname Dunlop most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunlop in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Dunlop?: Dunlop is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dunlop getting more or less common?: More common. 4,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,234 in 2010, up 1.7%.