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The DUNLEVY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,076 22336 0 4
United States (1880 census) 415 11170 0.001 8
Change since 1880 +661 -11166 +N/A -4
Other Countries
Australia 43 28586 0 3
United Kingdom 97 24080 0 2
Top States for DUNLEVY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Ohio 163 8036 0.001 14
Pennsylvania 158 9241 0.001 13
Massachusetts 60 12492 0.001 9
North Carolina 60 9797 0.001 7
Texas 60 22394 0.000 3
Top States for DUNLEVY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 42 4189 0.002 23
Alaska 11 8590 0.002 18
Ohio 163 8036 0.001 14
Pennsylvania 158 9241 0.001 13
Massachusetts 60 12492 0.001 9

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

Classification and Origin of DUNLEVY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DUNLEVY 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 DUNLEVY 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 DUNLEVY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 14 1.3
Asian/Pacific 7 0.65
Black/African American 7 0.65
White (Caucasian) 1,046 97.21
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of DUNLEVY in historical publications

(origin: Cor. Br. and Gaelic. Local) From Dun, a hill, ley, green, and vy, a river or stream--the green hills by the river. Dunlamh or Dunlavy, in Gaelic, signifies the strong-handed. Dunalamhas, mh having the sound of v, is the hill or castle of warriors.

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


Similar names to DUNLEVY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DUNLEVY.

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 DUNLEVY

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