# Dunston (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,702 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,850 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 83,400 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.4% (3,415 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English personal name Dunn, genitive case *Dunnes + tūn (“farm”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dunston 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) | 32% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dunston in Armenia.

## People named Dunston

- Bryant Dunston, Armenian basketball player (born 1986)

## Similar surnames

Dunstan, 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.