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- Dunsmuir - Last Name Meaning & Origin
Dunsmuir
- Used in: 2 countries
Origin: Scots
From Old English personal name *Dynn, genitive case *Dynnes + Scots muir (“moor”). Alternatively from either: # Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fort, fortress”) + muir (“sea, ocean”), 'the fort by the sea'. # Old Welsh Din Maur (“great fort”). The collative s in the proposed Celtic sources could come via Scots on analogy with words such as Dunsmore or Dunston, in which cases the -s is a remnant of a genitive case ending. The town in California is named after San Francisco businessman Alexander Dunsmuir.
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Name Variants & Related
Popularity by Country
Dunsmuir
Rank #12570
Popularity Over Time (Scotland)
Dunsmuir
Rank #128797
Frequency
122 people (0.05 per 100k)
Ethnic Distribution
White 99%
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