How common is the surname Dillingham?

4,791 people in the United States had the surname Dillingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,443 Americans. It ranked 6,995th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dillingham?

Robert Dillingham, American basketball player (born 2005), followed by William P. Dillingham.

Where is the surname Dillingham most common?

Wikidata records people named Dillingham in the United States.

Is the surname Dillingham getting more or less common?

More common. 4,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,791 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Dillingham

An English surname, carried by 4,791 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). Dillingham is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Dullingham in East Cambridgeshire, dating back to Old English; from the personal name *Dulla + -ing + ham. The first element may be related to dæl (“divide, separate, pay over”), referring to a dealer.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,791 people named Dillingham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,443 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,602.

#6,995

rank among US surnames

4,791

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,750)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,988	Ewell	4,794	64,402
#6,989	Mowry	4,793	64,416
#6,993	O'Mara	4,792	64,429
#6,995	Gillispie	4,791	64,443
#6,998	Nicely	4,789	64,470
#6,999	Tyndall	4,786	64,510

Who is named Dillingham

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

81% of people named Dillingham identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dillinghams

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Dillingham
American basketball player (born 2005)
William P. Dillingham
American politician (1843–1923)
Paul Dillingham
American politician (1799-1891)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dillingham

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dillingham come from?: From Dullingham in East Cambridgeshire, dating back to Old English; from the personal name *Dulla + -ing + ham. The first element may be related to dæl (“divide, separate, pay over”), referring to a dealer.
How common is the surname Dillingham?: 4,791 people in the United States had the surname Dillingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,443 Americans. It ranked 6,995th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dillingham?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Dillingham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dillingham?: Robert Dillingham, American basketball player (born 2005), followed by William P. Dillingham.
Where is the surname Dillingham most common?: Wikidata records people named Dillingham in the United States.
Is the surname Dillingham getting more or less common?: More common. 4,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,791 in 2010, up 4.1%.