Dunkley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Dunckley

Etymology

Possibly a habitational surname, from the village of Dinckley, in Lancashire.

Proper noun

Dunkley (plural Dunkleys)

1. A surname.
2. Alternative form of Dunckley, Colorado.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunkley is the 10520^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3049 individuals. Dunkley is most common among Black/African American (48.18%) and White (43.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dunkley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.