The surname Dibble
An English patronymic surname, carried by 5,866 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D140
Origin
English origin
From a Middle English form of the given name Theobald.
Dibble is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,866 people named Dibble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,633 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,793.
Who is named Dibble
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Dibble identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Dibble
Dibble has the Soundex code D140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D140.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dibble come from?
- From a Middle English form of the given name Theobald.
- How common is the surname Dibble?
- 5,866 people in the United States had the surname Dibble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,633 Americans. It ranked 5,884th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dibble?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dibble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Dibble?
- Dibble is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Dibble getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,866 in 2010, up 1.3%.