The Dunkel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,079 people carried this name — #14,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,920 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
281 people named Dunkel live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Dunkel.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
35 people named Dunkel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 61 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 2 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
54 people named Dunkel are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dunkel in American newspapers,
1893–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 59,193 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dunkel,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Dunkel 1893–1980 · architect
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Julie Lengemann 1863–1942
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Minna Henoch 1868–1942
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Richard Dunkel 1869–1939 · politician
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Otto Dunkel 1869–1951 · mathematician
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Johannes Dunkel 1876–1942 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dunkel.
- Dumontier 156 · U.S. census
- Dumouchel 267 · U.S. census
- Dumoulin 540 · U.S. census
- Dumser 145 · U.S. census
- Dunas 110 · U.S. census
- Dune 177 · U.S. census
- Duong 24,870 · U.S. census
- Dupard 153 · U.S. census
- Dupart 300 · U.S. census
- Dupas 433 · U.S. census
- Dupere 304 · U.S. census
- Duperon 194 · U.S. census
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