Duns Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Duns Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Duns family

Profession Census Frequency
School 6
Dressmaker 2
Private Means 1
Barmaid 1
Civil Civil Engineer Clerk 1
Coachman Domestic 1
Commercial Traveler (milliner) 1
Domestic Gardner 1
Draper (clother) 1
Dress Maker Aprentice 1
Engineers Foreman Pattern Maker 1
Farmes Nice Dairy Work 1
Feinterers Cartman 1
Fishery Rod Builder 1
Fruit Merchant 1
General Labourer 1
House Agent Clerk 1
Iron Moneyer Apprentice 1
Licensed Victualer 1
Pit Woodman Retired 1
Plssmber Household 1
Retail Fruiterer 1
School Teacher (town Couneil) 1
Shepherd On Farm 1
Steam Roller Driver 1

Duns Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Daines 50% 6,892
2 Deans 60% 6,868
3 Dines 60% 6,591
4 Danes 60% 5,886
5 Dains 60% 2,062
6 Denis 60% 1,916
7 Dansie 50% 1,112
8 Danies 50% 1,075
9 Deanes 50% 867
10 Dones 60% 793
11 Edens 60% 660
12 Dunns 80% 615
13 Danis 60% 515
14 Dans 75% 483
15 Duns 100% 426
16 Deens 60% 367
17 Idiens 50% 333
18 Dens 75% 181
19 Douns 80% 155
20 Dounes 67% 144
21 Adans 60% 132
22 Dunes 80% 124
23 Danse 60% 100

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The surname Duns is the 15th most popular variant of Daines.

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