How common is the surname Dust?

936 people in the United States had the surname Dust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 329,856 Americans. It ranked 26,143rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dust?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Dust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Where is the surname Dust most common?

Wikidata records people named Dust in the United States.

Is the surname Dust getting more or less common?

More common. 904 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 936 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Dust

A German surname, carried by 936 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dust is more common than 83.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 936 people named Dust in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 329,856 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 904.

#26,143

rank among US surnames

936

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #25,633)

Who is named Dust

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

88% of people named Dust identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dusts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pigeon John
American rapper, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dust

Dust has the Soundex code D230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D230.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dust come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Dust?: 936 people in the United States had the surname Dust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 329,856 Americans. It ranked 26,143rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dust?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Dust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Dust?: Pigeon John, American rapper.
Where is the surname Dust most common?: Wikidata records people named Dust in the United States.
Is the surname Dust getting more or less common?: More common. 904 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 936 in 2010, up 3.5%.