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    The surname Durnin

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 642 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D655

    Durnin: #35,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Durnin #35,096, 642 people Durnin: #35,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Durnin #35,096, 642 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Durnin is more common than 78.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duirnín (“descendant of Duirnín”). Compare Dornan.

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

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 642 people named Durnin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 480,912 Americans. That is down 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 699.

    #35,096
    rank among US surnames
    642
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #31,339)

    Who is named Durnin

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

    95% of people named Durnin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Durnion

    Durnin has the Soundex code D655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D655.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Durnin come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duirnín (“descendant of Duirnín”). Compare Dornan.
    How common is the surname Durnin?
    642 people in the United States had the surname Durnin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 480,912 Americans. It ranked 35,096th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Durnin?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Durnin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Durnin?
    Durnin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Durnin getting more or less common?
    Less common. 699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 642 in 2010, down 8.2%.
    What are other spellings of Durnin?
    Durnion.