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There are approximately 6,077 people named Dunning in the UK. That makes it the 1,720th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 96 are named Dunning.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Dunning surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

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.

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

DUNNING. Dunning, proprietor of Latham, co. Chester, and ancestor of the family of Lathom, or Latham, of that place, was contemporary with the malving of Domesday Book. Whether he was a continued possessor, of the Saxon race, or a Norman grantee, is, Dr. Ormerod thinks, doubtful. His son was called Siward FitzDuuning. Miscellanea Palatina, p. GO. The contemporary lord of Kiugsley, co. Chester, also bore the personal name of Dunning, as did several other persons in Norman times.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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