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    The surname Din

    A Khmer surname, carried by 1,650 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D500

    Din: #17,169 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Din #17,169, 1,650 people Din: #17,169 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Din #17,169, 1,650 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Din is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    Khmer origin

    From Khmer ឌិន (dɨn).

    One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,650 people named Din in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,119 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,206.

    #17,169
    rank among US surnames
    1,650
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,456)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,169Din1,650187,119
    #17,176Haslett1,649187,232

    Who is named Din

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

    75% of people named Din identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 75%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
    • Two or more races 5.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Din

    Din has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

    Other Khmer surnames

    All 19 Khmer surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Din come from?
    From Khmer ឌិន (dɨn).
    How common is the surname Din?
    1,650 people in the United States had the surname Din in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,119 Americans. It ranked 17,169th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Din?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Din identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Din getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,206 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,650 in 2010, up 37%.