Surname Overview
Surname status
Dun (dūn) is identified by the source as a rare surname included in Chinese surname reference works; the source does not specify an ethnic affiliation.
墩 Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 4Origins
Possible origin
The page quotes Zhongguo Xingshi Daquan as deriving Dun from the surname 敦, while its own summary says it may have been changed from 敦; this is therefore only a possible surname-change origin, with the specific process unknown.
Migration and Distribution
Modern distribution
The source states that the surname Dun occurs in northern mainland China, but gives no specific locality, population figure, or statistical year.
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