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    The surname Dellinger

    A surname, carried by 8,040 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D452

    Dellinger: #4,422 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dellinger #4,422, 8,040 people Dellinger: #4,422 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dellinger #4,422, 8,040 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dellinger is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,040 people named Dellinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,401 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,091.

    #4,422
    rank among US surnames
    8,040
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,030)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,417Rosser8,04338,387
    #4,420Marek8,04238,392
    #4,421Castellon8,04138,396
    #4,422Dellinger8,04038,401
    #4,423Leo8,03938,406

    Who is named Dellinger

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

    96% of people named Dellinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • 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 Dellinger

    Dellinger has the Soundex code D452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D452.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dellinger?
    8,040 people in the United States had the surname Dellinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,401 Americans. It ranked 4,422nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dellinger?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dellinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Dellinger getting more or less common?
    Less common. 8,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,040 in 2010, down 0.6%.