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    The surname Dial

    A surname, carried by 10,997 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D400

    Dial: #3,287 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dial #3,287, 10,997 people Dial: #3,287 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dial #3,287, 10,997 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dial is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,997 people named Dial in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,075 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,089.

    #3,287
    rank among US surnames
    10,997
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,990)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,278Brackett11,02727,999
    #3,279Lively11,02628,002
    #3,280Sell11,01428,032
    #3,282Mortensen11,01328,035
    #3,283Domingo11,01228,037
    #3,284Fanning11,00728,050
    #3,285Palumbo11,00528,055

    Who is named Dial

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

    67% of people named Dial identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 9.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dials

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nathaniel B. Dial
      American politician (1862-1940)
    • Nikki Dial
      American pornographic actress and voice actress, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Dial

    Dial has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dial?
    10,997 people in the United States had the surname Dial in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,075 Americans. It ranked 3,287th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dial?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Dial identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dial?
    Nathaniel B. Dial, American politician (1862-1940), followed by Nikki Dial.
    Where is the surname Dial most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dial in the United States.
    Is the surname Dial getting more or less common?
    Less common. 11,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,997 in 2010, down 0.8%.