Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
DUNLOP
There are approximately 11,270 people named Dunlop in the UK. That makes it the 932nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 178 are named Dunlop.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Scotland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Location or Geographical Feature
Related and similar surnames
DunlapDuinlop
Dunllop
Duhnlop
Dunlope
Dunlopp
Dunlops
Dunloppe
Dounlop
Dunloap
Dunlopd
Dounlope
Dunlopt
Dunlof
Dumlop
Dunlov
Dunlofp
Dunlobe
Dunloff
Dunlove
Dunloop
The Dunlop surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Gaelic. Local) A parish in the district of Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland; from Dun, a castle, fort, or hill, and lub, a curvature, a bending of the shore--the castle or hill at the bend.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
DUNLOP. (Often corrupted in Scotland to Dunlap and Delap.) Traced to the year 260, when Dom. Gulielmusde Dunlop was lord of Dunlop in Ayrshire, an estate still in possession of the family.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.