How common is the surname Dunne?

8,941 people in the United States had the surname Dunne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,531 Americans. It ranked 3,974th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dunne?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dunne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dunne getting more or less common?

More common. 8,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,941 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Dunne

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 8,941 people in the United States.

Pronounced /dʌn/ 1 syllable Soundex D500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunne is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Dunne is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,941 people named Dunne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,531 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,698.

#3,974

rank among US surnames

8,941

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,745)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,965	Simonson	8,968	34,427
#3,966	Kwan	8,965	34,439
#3,967	Evangelista	8,964	34,443
#3,968	Rau	8,961	34,454
#3,969	Lozada	8,959	34,462
#3,970	Canady	8,958	34,466
#3,971	Faircloth	8,954	34,481

Who is named Dunne

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

93% of people named Dunne identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunne

Dunne has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Other Irish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Dunne come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duinn (“descendant of Duinn”), a byname from donn (“brown”).
How common is the surname Dunne?: 8,941 people in the United States had the surname Dunne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,531 Americans. It ranked 3,974th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunne?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dunne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Dunne?: Dunne is /dʌn/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Dunne?: Dunne is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dunne getting more or less common?: More common. 8,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,941 in 2010, up 2.8%.