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    The surname Dignan

    A surname, carried by 1,036 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D255

    Dignan: #24,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dignan #24,222, 1,036 people Dignan: #24,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dignan #24,222, 1,036 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dignan is more common than 85.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,036 people named Dignan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 997.

    #24,222
    rank among US surnames
    1,036
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,698)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #24,214Ansel1,037297,730
    #24,222Hallgren1,036298,017

    Who is named Dignan

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

    95% of people named Dignan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dignan

    Dignan has the Soundex code D255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D255.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dignan?
    1,036 people in the United States had the surname Dignan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. It ranked 24,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dignan?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dignan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Dignan getting more or less common?
    More common. 997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,036 in 2010, up 3.9%.