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    The surname Dunnett

    A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 306 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D530

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunnett is more common than 60% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    * As a Scottish surname, variant of Dunnet, a place in Caithness, Scotland, probably from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, stronghold”). * As an English surname, from the Old French surname Donat, from Latin Donatus (see Donat). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Downhead in Somerset or several places called Donhead, both from Old English dūn (“hill, down”) + hēafod (“head end”).

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

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 306 people named Dunnett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,008,972 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 319.

    #64,891
    rank among US surnames
    306
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #59,293)

    Who is named Dunnett

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

    93% of people named Dunnett identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dunnett

    Dunnett has the Soundex code D530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D530.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dunnett come from?
    * As a Scottish surname, variant of Dunnet, a place in Caithness, Scotland, probably from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, stronghold”). * As an English surname, from the Old French surname Donat, from Latin Donatus (see Donat). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Downhead in Somerset…
    How common is the surname Dunnett?
    306 people in the United States had the surname Dunnett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,008,972 Americans. It ranked 64,891st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dunnett?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dunnett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Dunnett?
    Dunnett is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Dunnett getting more or less common?
    Less common. 319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 306 in 2010, down 4.1%.