Last Name DUN

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Meaning	Local: At the dun. 'Dun,' a hill. Also a nickname ;the dun,' a dull brown, a name given from the complexion of the bearer. Local: from the parish of Dun in Forfarshire. Local: From the parish of Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland, derived from the Gaelic 'Dun,' a hill or rising ground, a fort or castle.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	42,830 (2000 US census)	43,968 (1990 US census)

Count	476 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

43.91%, or 209 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.19%, or 39 total occurrences, as black,
42.44%, or 202 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
3.99%, or 19 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.47%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Shortest baby names

We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...