How common is the surname Dinan?

1,642 people in the United States had the surname Dinan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. It ranked 17,249th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dinan?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dinan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Dinan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,642 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Dinan

A surname, carried by 1,642 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dinan is more common than 89.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,642 people named Dinan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,568.

#17,249

rank among US surnames

1,642

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,769)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,249	Makela	1,642	188,030
#17,258	Elders	1,641	188,145

Who is named Dinan

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

89% of people named Dinan identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dinan

Dinan has the Soundex code D550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D550.

Questions

How common is the surname Dinan?: 1,642 people in the United States had the surname Dinan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. It ranked 17,249th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dinan?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dinan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Dinan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,642 in 2010, up 4.7%.