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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

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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.

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

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.

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