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    The surname Dunnam

    A surname, carried by 2,005 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D550

    Dunnam: #14,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dunnam #14,799, 2,005 people Dunnam: #14,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dunnam #14,799, 2,005 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunnam is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,005 people named Dunnam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,988 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,939.

    #14,799
    rank among US surnames
    2,005
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,201)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,794Groat2,006153,911
    #14,799Wegman2,005153,988
    #14,803Nazarian2,004154,065
    #14,806Cottone2,003154,142

    Who is named Dunnam

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

    90% of people named Dunnam identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dunnam

    Dunnam has the Soundex code D550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dunnam?
    2,005 people in the United States had the surname Dunnam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,988 Americans. It ranked 14,799th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dunnam?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dunnam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dunnam getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,939 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,005 in 2010, up 3.4%.