Dundas
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Dundas (countable and uncountable, plural Dundases)
- (countable) A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A placename:
- A district and former town in Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Rice County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
- A number of places in Australia:
- A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales.
- A rural locality in the Somerset Region of Queensland.
- A historical mining locality near Zeehan, western Tasmania, where dundasite was discovered.
- An abandoned town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
- A local government area, Shire of Dundas, in the same region of Western Australia.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dundas is the 18272nd 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
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dundas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.
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- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
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- English surnames from Scottish Gaelic
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