How common is the surname Dunstan?

1,303 people in the United States had the surname Dunstan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. It ranked 20,394th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dunstan?

Marcus Dunstan, American film director and screenwriter, followed by Don Dunstan.

Where is the surname Dunstan most common?

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

Is the surname Dunstan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,303 in 2010, up 5.3%.

Is Dunstan also a first name?

Yes. Dunstan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Dunstan

An English patronymic surname, carried by 1,303 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dunstan is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Dunstan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,303 people named Dunstan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,237.

#20,394

rank among US surnames

1,303

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,055)

Who is named Dunstan

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

88% of people named Dunstan identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dunstans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marcus Dunstan
American film director and screenwriter, born 1975
Don Dunstan
Australian politician (1926–1999)

Notable Dunstans come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Dunstan

Dunston

Dunstan has the Soundex code D523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D523.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dunstan come from?: From the name of a 10th century Archbishop of Canterbury, from Old English dunn (“dark”) + stān (“stone”).
How common is the surname Dunstan?: 1,303 people in the United States had the surname Dunstan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. It ranked 20,394th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dunstan?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Dunstan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dunstan?: Marcus Dunstan, American film director and screenwriter, followed by Don Dunstan.
Where is the surname Dunstan most common?: Wikidata records people named Dunstan in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Dunstan?: Dunstan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dunstan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,303 in 2010, up 5.3%.
Is Dunstan also a first name?: Yes. Dunstan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.