How common is the surname Dillinger?

2,811 people in the United States had the surname Dillinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,835 Americans. It ranked 11,248th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dillinger?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dillinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dillinger?

John Dillinger, American bank robber.

Where is the surname Dillinger most common?

Wikidata records people named Dillinger in the United States.

Is the surname Dillinger getting more or less common?

More common. 2,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,811 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Dillinger

A surname, carried by 2,811 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dillinger is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,811 people named Dillinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,835 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,568.

#11,248

rank among US surnames

2,811

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,291)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,241	Scoville	2,812	109,796
#11,248	Hemenway	2,811	109,835
#11,250	Stucker	2,810	109,874
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952

Who is named Dillinger

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

94% of people named Dillinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dillingers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Dillinger
American bank robber, 1903–1934

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dillinger

Dillinger has the Soundex code D452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D452.

Questions

How common is the surname Dillinger?: 2,811 people in the United States had the surname Dillinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,835 Americans. It ranked 11,248th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dillinger?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dillinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dillinger?: John Dillinger, American bank robber.
Where is the surname Dillinger most common?: Wikidata records people named Dillinger in the United States.
Is the surname Dillinger getting more or less common?: More common. 2,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,811 in 2010, up 9.5%.