How common is the surname Dillow?

3,464 people in the United States had the surname Dillow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,130 Americans. It ranked 9,389th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dillow?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dillow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dillow getting more or less common?

More common. 3,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,464 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Dillow

A surname, carried by 3,464 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dillow is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,464 people named Dillow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,130 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,223.

#9,389

rank among US surnames

3,464

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,298)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,381	Frechette	3,468	89,027
#9,382	Hennings	3,467	89,053
#9,384	Geraghty	3,465	89,104
#9,389	Averett	3,464	89,130
#9,393	Byington	3,463	89,156
#9,394	Hovis	3,462	89,181
#9,395	Borton	3,461	89,207

Who is named Dillow

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

96% of people named Dillow identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dillow

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

Questions

How common is the surname Dillow?: 3,464 people in the United States had the surname Dillow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,130 Americans. It ranked 9,389th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dillow?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dillow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dillow getting more or less common?: More common. 3,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,464 in 2010, up 7.5%.