# Dust (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dust/  
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 | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 936 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,143 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 329,856 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (904 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun dust. * As a north German surname, from the noun Dust with the same meaning as above, from Middle Low German and Old Saxon dust, from Proto-Germanic *dustą.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dust 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) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dust in the United States.

## People named Dust

- Pigeon John, American rapper

## Similar surnames

Daoust, Ducat, Doughty, Doucette, Duckett, Doucet, Daggett, Duquette, Doggett, Ducote, Desoto, Dossett.

## 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.