The surname Dials
A surname, carried by 1,202 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D420
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,202 people named Dials in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,860 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 983.
#21,672
rank among US surnames
1,202
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+22.3%
change since 2000 (was #23,968)
Who is named Dials
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
70% of people named Dials identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 70%
- Black (not Hispanic) 24%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Dials has the Soundex code D420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D420.
Questions
- How common is the surname Dials?
- 1,202 people in the United States had the surname Dials in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,860 Americans. It ranked 21,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dials?
- In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Dials identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Dials getting more or less common?
- More common. 983 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,202 in 2010, up 22%.