How common is the surname Dill?

18,215 people in the United States had the surname Dill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,950 Americans. It ranked 1,980th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dill?

Nathalia Dill, Brazilian actress, followed by John Dill.

Where is the surname Dill most common?

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

Is the surname Dill getting more or less common?

More common. 17,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,215 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Dill

A surname, carried by 18,215 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dill is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,215 people named Dill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,950 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,562.

#1,980

rank among US surnames

18,215

people in 2010

6.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,877)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,971	Najera	18,340	16,835
#1,973	Stapleton	18,332	16,842
#1,974	Batista	18,323	16,850
#1,975	Wilkes	18,314	16,858
#1,976	Lopes	18,310	16,862
#1,977	Richey	18,296	16,875
#1,978	Oh	18,285	16,885

Who is named Dill

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

88% of people named Dill identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dills

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nathalia Dill
Brazilian actress, born 1986
John Dill
Army officer (1881–1944)
Clarence Dill
American politician (1884-1978)
Eric Dill
American musician, born 1981
Diana Douglas
American actress (1923–2015)

Notable Dills come mostly from the United States (3), Brazil (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dill

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

Questions

Where does the surname Dill come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Dill?: 18,215 people in the United States had the surname Dill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,950 Americans. It ranked 1,980th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dill?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Dill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dill?: Nathalia Dill, Brazilian actress, followed by John Dill.
Where is the surname Dill most common?: Wikidata records people named Dill in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Dill getting more or less common?: More common. 17,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,215 in 2010, up 3.7%.