# Dunstan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dunstan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,303 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,394 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 236,950 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (1,237 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the name of a 10th century Archbishop of Canterbury, from Old English dunn (“dark”) + stān (“stone”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dunstan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dunstan in the United States and Australia.

## People named Dunstan

- Marcus Dunstan, American film director and screenwriter
- Don Dunstan, Australian politician (1926–1999)

## Similar surnames

Dunston, Denniston, Dinsdale.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.