Dunca

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/dəŋkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Dunca is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country. Recorded meaning: 1. - frecv. (Mar ; M mar) ; St., mold. (A Gen I 61) ; I. (Bal VI) ; -N., ofiter aventurier (1837-1866) ; Duncd, P., act. 2. Duncea, G., olt. (AO XXI 198). 3. Duncan, Samoild (z). Dund/a, -ue v.

rarermore common
  • RORomania≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 321K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 516K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Romania (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,900 people, est.

Sources
78 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Romania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

1. - frecv. (Mar ; M mar) ; St., mold. (A Gen I 61) ; I. (Bal VI) ; -N., ofiter aventurier (1837-1866) ; Duncd, P., act. 2. Duncea, G., olt. (AO XXI 198). 3. Duncan, Samoild (z). Dund/a, -ue v. D o n d a 4.

Sources 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dunca counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dunca is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RO Romania≈1,900 est.≈1 in 11K—Dunca13
PH Philippines≈160 est.≈1 in 689K—Dunca6
ES Spain1561 in 321K156Dunca14
FR France≈130 est.≈1 in 516K—Dunca78
US United States≈90 est.≈1 in 3.7MlistedDunca11
SE Sweden121 in 850K12——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dunca is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Romania

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Duncă

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

    Also written Duncă

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Romania

    Also written Dünca

  • Slovak surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Dunča

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Paul Dunca, b. 1800Iuliu Dunca, b. 1825Constanța Dunca-Șchiau, b. 1843Nicolae Dunca, b. 1940Rodica Dunca, b. 1965Marius-Alexandru Dunca, b. 1980

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Dunca,
InformalHi Dunca,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Dunca
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—156#20,009
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—156#19,909
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—12#35,926
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dunca mean, and where does it come from?
1. - frecv. (Mar ; M mar) ; St., mold. (A Gen I 61) ; I. (Bal VI) ; -N., ofiter aventurier (1837-1866) ; Duncd, P., act. 2. Duncea, G., olt. (AO XXI 198). 3. Duncan, Samoild (z). Dund/a, -ue v. Recorded by Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc.
How do you pronounce Dunca?
A machine transcription gives /dəŋkə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Dunca have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Dunca in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dunca.
How common is the name Dunca?
In Spain, the national register counted 156 people named Dunca, about 1 in 321 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dunca”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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