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The surname Dahlin

A surname, carried by 2,472 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D450

Dahlin: #12,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dahlin #12,536, 2,472 people Dahlin: #12,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dahlin #12,536, 2,472 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dahlin is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,472 people named Dahlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,897 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,436.

#12,536
rank among US surnames
2,472
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+1.5%
change since 2000 (was #11,774)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,531Pompey2,473124,847
#12,536Dahlin2,472124,897
#12,540Volker2,471124,948
#12,541Fairman2,470124,998

Who is named Dahlin

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Dahlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dahlin

Dahlin has the Soundex code D450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D450.

Questions

How common is the surname Dahlin?
2,472 people in the United States had the surname Dahlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,897 Americans. It ranked 12,536th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dahlin?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dahlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dahlin getting more or less common?
More common. 2,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,472 in 2010, up 1.5%.