How common is the surname Dunning?

10,784 people in the United States had the surname Dunning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,630 Americans. It ranked 3,330th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dunning?

Debbe Dunning, American actress, followed by John R. Dunning.

Where is the surname Dunning most common?

Wikidata records people named Dunning in the United States and Canada.

Is the surname Dunning getting more or less common?

More common. 10,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,784 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Dunning

A surname, carried by 10,784 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunning is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,784 people named Dunning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,630 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,583.

#3,330

rank among US surnames

10,784

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,130)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,326	Wolford	10,789	28,617
#3,328	Danner	10,786	28,625
#3,329	Gatlin	10,785	28,627
#3,330	Dunning	10,784	28,630

Who is named Dunning

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

81% of people named Dunning identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunnings

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Debbe Dunning
American actress, born 1966
John R. Dunning
American physicist (1907-1975)
George Dunning
Animator (1920-1979)
David Dunning
American social psychologist and professor of psychology, born 1960
John Dunning
American film editor (1916-1991)

Notable Dunnings come mostly from the United States (4) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunning

Dunning has the Soundex code D552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D552.

Questions

How common is the surname Dunning?: 10,784 people in the United States had the surname Dunning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,630 Americans. It ranked 3,330th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunning?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Dunning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dunning?: Debbe Dunning, American actress, followed by John R. Dunning.
Where is the surname Dunning most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunning in the United States and Canada.
Is the surname Dunning getting more or less common?: More common. 10,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,784 in 2010, up 1.9%.