How common is the surname Dimmitt?

1,183 people in the United States had the surname Dimmitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. It ranked 21,940th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dimmitt?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dimmitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dimmitt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,183 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Dimmitt

A surname, carried by 1,183 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dimmitt is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,183 people named Dimmitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,110.

#21,940

rank among US surnames

1,183

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,832)

Who is named Dimmitt

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

95% of people named Dimmitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dimmitt

DiMatteo

Dimmitt has the Soundex code D530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D530.

Questions

How common is the surname Dimmitt?: 1,183 people in the United States had the surname Dimmitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. It ranked 21,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dimmitt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dimmitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dimmitt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,183 in 2010, up 6.6%.