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Question: Can you help me find the nationality of this last name!?
Can you help me find the nationality of the last name Dunay (pronounced Doo-nay)!? I think it's French, but I'm not quite sure!. I need an educated guess, not just a random answer!. Thank you for helping me!

P!.S: This is not my last name, so it's hopeless for you to try to stalk me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
It does sound French, but here's something you might want to check out: http://genforum!.genealogy!.com/dunay/mess!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This is what www!.ancestry!.com has to say about the name as a surname, but there is nothing on the site for it as a christian name, sorry!.
Dunay Name Meaning and History
Hungarian: habitational name for someone who lived in a settlement on the Danube river (Hungarian Duna)!. In some cases the name may simply be ornamental!.
Ukrainian: see Dunaj 1!.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Dunaj 2!.
Possibly an Americanized spelling of the unexplained French surname Duné or Dunet, a habitational name from a place in Indre so named, from Gallic dunum ‘hill’, later ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’!.
Hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try Scotland!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

http://www!.ancestry!.com/facts/Dunay-fami!.!.!.

Dunay Name Meaning and History
Hungarian: habitational name for someone who lived in a settlement on the Danube river (Hungarian Duna)!. In some cases the name may simply be ornamental!.
Ukrainian: see Dunaj 1!.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Dunaj 2!.
Possibly an Americanized spelling of the unexplained French surname Duné or Dunet, a habitational name from a place in Indre so named, from Gallic dunum ‘hill’, later ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’!.

Well there is the French!.Www@QuestionHome@Com