How common is the surname Dunson?

4,088 people in the United States had the surname Dunson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,525 Americans. It ranked 8,110th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dunson getting more or less common?

More common. 3,817 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,088 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Dunson

A surname, carried by 4,088 people in the United States.

2 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). Dunson is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,088 people named Dunson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,525 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,817.

#8,110

rank among US surnames

4,088

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,015)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,102	Kania	4,092	75,451
#8,103	June	4,091	75,469
#8,106	Llanos	4,089	75,506
#8,110	Dunson	4,088	75,525
#8,113	Deans	4,087	75,543
#8,114	Rosenblum	4,086	75,562

Who is named Dunson

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

54% of people named Dunson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 54%
White (not Hispanic) 39%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dunson

Dunson 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 Dunson?: 4,088 people in the United States had the surname Dunson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,525 Americans. It ranked 8,110th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunson?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Dunson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dunson getting more or less common?: More common. 3,817 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,088 in 2010, up 7.1%.