Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
DUNSE
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
DUNS. DUNSE. Mentioned by Nisbet as "of that Ilk," Dnnse in Berwickshire. The celebrated schoolman, Johannes Duns Scotus, " the angelic doctor," (usually known as Duns Scotus), was of this family.