Last Name DUNNING

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Meaning The son of Dunning. Dunnig and Dunnigs occure as personal names in the HUndred Rolls.
The brown offspring, from the Saxon 'Dunn,' brown, and the termination 'ing,' which, among the Saxons, signified offspring, as 'White-ing,' the fair offspring, 'Cuth-ing,' the son of Cuth. 'Dunning' has retained its original orthography since the days of the Saxons.
Origin English, Irish, Anglo-saxon

Rank 3,130 (2000 US census) 2,911 (1990 US census)
Count 10,583 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.76%, or 8758 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.09%, or 1385 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.39%, or 41 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.58%, or 61 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.52%, or 161 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.67%, or 177 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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