Dundas

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Dundas

Etymology

The Scottish name is from Scottish Gaelic, from Old Irish dùn (“fort”) + deas (“south”), perhaps via Dundas Castle, while the places in Canada are named after Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician.

Proper noun

Dundas (countable and uncountable, plural Dundases)

(countable) A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
A placename:
1. Ellipsis of Dundas Street.; A street in Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
2. A district and former town in Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada.
3. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A city in Rice County, Minnesota.
  2. An unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio.
  3. An unincorporated community in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
  4. An unincorporated community in Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
4. A number of places in Australia:
  1. A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales.
  2. A rural locality in the Somerset Region of Queensland.
  3. A historical mining locality near Zeehan, western Tasmania, where dundasite was discovered.
  4. An abandoned town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
  5. A local government area, Shire of Dundas, in the same region of Western Australia.

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Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Dundas is the 18272^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1520 individuals. Dundas is most common among White (75.92%) and Black/African American (12.83%) individuals.

Further reading

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

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