Dunsmore

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Dunna + -s- + mōr (“moor”).

Proper noun

Dunsmore (countable and uncountable, plural Dunsmores)

1. A hamlet in Ellesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP861110).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Related terms

• Clifton-upon-Dunsmore

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunsmore is the 16415^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1753 individuals. Dunsmore is most common among White (96.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dunsmore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 500.

Anagrams

• Dunmores, nursedom, remounds