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Dundas
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English
Etymology
The Scottish name is from en gd -, from en sga - sga dùn fort + sga deas south, perhaps via Dundas Castle, while the places in Canada are named after en Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician.
Proper noun
~ es
en countable en habitational Scottish Gaelic.
A placename:
en district/and/former town city/Hamilton Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, p/Ontario c/Canada.
en number of places c/USA:
en city cp/Rice County s/Minnesota.
en unincorporated community co/Vinton County s/Ohio.
en unincorporated community co/Lunenburg County s/Virginia.
en unincorporated community town/Woodville co/Calumet County s/Wisconsin.
en number of places c/Australia:
en suburb city/Sydney in the City of Parramatta, s/New South Wales.
en rural locality in the Somerset Region of s/Queensland.
en historical mining locality near town/Zeehan western s/Tasmania, where en dundasite was discovered.
en abandoned town in r:suf/Goldfields-Esperance s/Western Australia.
en local government area , Shire of Dundas, in the same region of s/Western Australia.
Derived terms
en Dundas Valley dundasite North Dundas Port Dundas South Dundas United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Statistics
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
Anagrams
en addnsu udands