How common is the surname Dunnigan?

2,786 people in the United States had the surname Dunnigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,820 Americans. It ranked 11,327th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dunnigan?

James F. Dunnigan, American writer and analyst, followed by Alice Allison Dunnigan.

Where is the surname Dunnigan most common?

Wikidata records people named Dunnigan in the United States.

Is the surname Dunnigan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,786 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Dunnigan

A surname, carried by 2,786 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunnigan is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,786 people named Dunnigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,820 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,563.

#11,327

rank among US surnames

2,786

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,310)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,319	Twitchell	2,789	110,701
#11,321	Dorton	2,788	110,741
#11,322	Maharaj	2,787	110,781
#11,327	Markovich	2,786	110,820
#11,334	Crowson	2,785	110,860
#11,335	Dedios	2,784	110,900

Who is named Dunnigan

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

76% of people named Dunnigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunnigans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James F. Dunnigan
American writer and analyst, born 1943
Alice Allison Dunnigan
American journalist, civil rights activist and author (1906–1983)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunnigan

Dunnigan has the Soundex code D525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D525.

Questions

How common is the surname Dunnigan?: 2,786 people in the United States had the surname Dunnigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,820 Americans. It ranked 11,327th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunnigan?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Dunnigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dunnigan?: James F. Dunnigan, American writer and analyst, followed by Alice Allison Dunnigan.
Where is the surname Dunnigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunnigan in the United States.
Is the surname Dunnigan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,786 in 2010, up 8.7%.