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The DUNDAS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,436 17943 0.001 5
United States (1880 census) 207 18838 0 4
Change since 1880 +1229 +895 +N/A +1
Other Countries
Australia 419 3759 0.003 26
United Kingdom 955 5463 0.002 21
Top States for DUNDAS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 144 16629 0.000 4
Michigan 123 10117 0.001 12
New York 120 15612 0.001 6
Florida 105 16233 0.001 7
Alaska 81 950 0.013 129
Top States for DUNDAS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alaska 81 950 0.013 129
Montana 52 2354 0.006 58
Wyoming 14 5006 0.003 28
Vermont 15 5725 0.002 25
Idaho 23 7698 0.002 18

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DUNDAS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DUNDAS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DUNDAS in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DUNDAS by picking someone at random in Alaska than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DUNDAS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DUNDAS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DUNDAS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DUNDAS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 129 8.98
Native American/Alaskan 99 6.89
Mixed Race 39 2.72
White (Caucasian) 1,148 79.94
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DUNDAS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DUNDAS in historical publications

(origin: Gaelic. Local) The south hill, fort, or castle; from dun, a hill or fort, and deas, south.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to DUNDAS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DUNDAS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DUNDAS

The following words are slight variants of DUNDAS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.