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    The surname Dilts

    A German surname, carried by 2,314 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D432

    Dilts: #13,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dilts #13,210, 2,314 people Dilts: #13,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dilts #13,210, 2,314 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dilts is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized spelling of German Diltz.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,314 people named Dilts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,425 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,177.

    #13,210
    rank among US surnames
    2,314
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,938)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,203Lamphere2,315133,367
    #13,210Wigfall2,314133,425
    #13,214Pattillo2,313133,483
    #13,219Devitt2,312133,540

    Who is named Dilts

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

    94% of people named Dilts identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dilts come from?
    Americanized spelling of German Diltz.
    How common is the surname Dilts?
    2,314 people in the United States had the surname Dilts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,425 Americans. It ranked 13,210th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dilts?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dilts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Dilts getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,177 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,314 in 2010, up 6.3%.