The surname Dhaliwal
A Punjabi surname, carried by 3,187 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex D440
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਧਾਲੀਵਾਲ (dhālīvāl).
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,187 people named Dhaliwal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,877 Americans. That is up 75% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,818.
Who is named Dhaliwal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Dhaliwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Dhaliwal
Dhaliwal has the Soundex code D440, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D440.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dhaliwal come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਧਾਲੀਵਾਲ (dhālīvāl).
- How common is the surname Dhaliwal?
- 3,187 people in the United States had the surname Dhaliwal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,877 Americans. It ranked 10,107th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dhaliwal?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dhaliwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Dhaliwal getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,818 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,187 in 2010, up 75%.