# Dill (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dill/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,215 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,980 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,950 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (17,562 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Diele (“floorboard”). * As an English surname, from the noun dill and also the adjective dull. * As a Scottish/Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McDill, itself a variant of McDowell.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dill in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dill in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Dill

- Nathalia Dill, Brazilian actress
- John Dill, Army officer (1881–1944)
- Clarence Dill, American politician (1884-1978)
- Eric Dill, American musician
- Diana Douglas, American actress (1923–2015)

## Similar surnames

Diehl, Dial, Doll, Dell, Diallo, Dilley, Dull, Dail, Dillow, DiLeo, Dille, Dall.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.