How common is the surname Dillard?

31,021 people in the United States had the surname Dillard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,953 Americans. It ranked 1,130th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dillard?

Harrison Dillard, American athlete (1923–2019), followed by Victoria Dillard.

Where is the surname Dillard most common?

Wikidata records people named Dillard in the United States.

Is the surname Dillard getting more or less common?

More common. 30,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,021 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Dillard

A surname, carried by 31,021 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D463

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dillard is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,021 people named Dillard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,953 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,118.

#1,130

rank among US surnames

31,021

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #1,062)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,121	Baez	31,298	9,865
#1,122	Rodrigues	31,280	9,870
#1,123	Wooten	31,249	9,880
#1,124	Hartley	31,221	9,889
#1,125	Ng	31,210	9,893
#1,126	Kendall	31,209	9,893
#1,127	Cleveland	31,123	9,920

Who is named Dillard

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

53% of people named Dillard identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dillards

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harrison Dillard
American athlete (1923–2019)
Victoria Dillard
American television and film actress, born 1969
Kevin Dillard
American basketball player (born 1989)
Andre Dillard
American football player (born 1995)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dillard

Dillard has the Soundex code D463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D463.

Questions

How common is the surname Dillard?: 31,021 people in the United States had the surname Dillard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,953 Americans. It ranked 1,130th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dillard?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Dillard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dillard?: Harrison Dillard, American athlete (1923–2019), followed by Victoria Dillard.
Where is the surname Dillard most common?: Wikidata records people named Dillard in the United States.
Is the surname Dillard getting more or less common?: More common. 30,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,021 in 2010, up 3.0%.