Explore the Family Name Daun

The meaning of Daun

1. German: habitational name from Daun, a place in the Eifel region. Compare Dawn. 2. Scottish (Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire): possibly a nickname from Scottish Gaelic dàn ‘intrepid’. The Aberdeenshire name is said by Black to be a variant of Don, itself a variant of Dun and Dunn, but the phonological development seems unlikely. 3. English: variant of Dawn.

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How common is the last name Daun in the United States?

The surname Daun, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 42,830th and dropped to 45,253rd in 2010, showing a decline of 5.66%. The count of people with this surname also slightly decreased from 476 in 2000 to 473 in 2010, a change of -0.63%. Furthermore, for every 100,000 people, there were 0.18 individuals with the Daun surname in 2000, which fell to 0.16 by 2010, marking an 11.11% decrease.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,830	#45,253	-5.66%
Count	476	473	-0.63%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.16	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Daun

In terms of ethnic identity, the number of people with the Daun surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased by 14.97% from 2.94% in 2000 to 3.38% in 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. Those identifying as Hispanic saw a growth of 13.10%, increasing from 1.68% to 1.90%. Conversely, those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native saw a decrease of 15.87%, going down from 1.26% to 1.06%. There was no change in the percentage of people identifying with two or more races or as Black. The majority identified as White at 93.49% in 2000 and 93.02% in 2010, a slight decrease of 0.50%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.49%	93.02%	-0.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.94%	3.38%	14.97%
Hispanic	1.68%	1.9%	13.1%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.26%	1.06%	-15.87%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%