How common is the surname Dimitrov?

1,377 people in the United States had the surname Dimitrov in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,216 Americans. It ranked 19,590th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dimitrov?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Dimitrov identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Dimitrov?

Kristian Dimitrov, association football player, followed by Tontcho Tontchev.

Where is the surname Dimitrov most common?

Wikidata records people named Dimitrov in Bulgaria.

Is the surname Dimitrov getting more or less common?

More common. 573 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,377 in 2010, up 140%.

The surname Dimitrov

A Bulgarian surname, carried by 1,377 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dimitrov is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

Bulgarian origin

Borrowed from Bulgarian Димитров (Dimitrov).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,377 people named Dimitrov in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,216 Americans. That is up 140% since 2000, when the Census counted 573.

#19,590

rank among US surnames

1,377

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+140.3%

change since 2000 (was #36,761)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,581	Maclaren	1,378	224,053
#19,590	Kaczynski	1,377	224,216

Who is named Dimitrov

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

98% of people named Dimitrov identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dimitrovs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kristian Dimitrov
Association football player, born 1997
Tontcho Tontchev
Boxer, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Dimitrov

Dimitri

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

Questions

Where does the surname Dimitrov come from?: Borrowed from Bulgarian Димитров (Dimitrov).
How common is the surname Dimitrov?: 1,377 people in the United States had the surname Dimitrov in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,216 Americans. It ranked 19,590th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dimitrov?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Dimitrov identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Dimitrov?: Kristian Dimitrov, association football player, followed by Tontcho Tontchev.
Where is the surname Dimitrov most common?: Wikidata records people named Dimitrov in Bulgaria.
Is the surname Dimitrov getting more or less common?: More common. 573 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,377 in 2010, up 140%.