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The surname Dimitri

An Italian surname, carried by 671 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D536 Also a first name

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dimitri is more common than 79.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Dimitri, a variant of Demetrio, from Latin Dēmētrius, from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios).

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 671 people named Dimitri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 575.

#33,894
rank among US surnames
671
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+16.7%
change since 2000 (was #36,672)

Who is named Dimitri

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

92% of people named Dimitri identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dimitri

Dimitri has the Soundex code D536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D536.

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dimitri come from?
Borrowed from Italian Dimitri, a variant of Demetrio, from Latin Dēmētrius, from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios).
How common is the surname Dimitri?
671 people in the United States had the surname Dimitri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. It ranked 33,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dimitri?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dimitri identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dimitri getting more or less common?
More common. 575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 671 in 2010, up 17%.
Is Dimitri also a first name?
Yes. Dimitri is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.