# Dunne (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,941 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,974 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,531 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (8,698 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dʌn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duinn (“descendant of Duinn”), a byname from donn (“brown”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dunne 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Dunn, Denney, Dionne, Duane, Duan, Dennie, Dun, Dean, Donahue, Downey, Doan, Denny.

## 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.