How common is the surname Dine?

857 people in the United States had the surname Dine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 360,263 Americans. It ranked 27,974th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dine?

Jim Dine, American painter, sculptor, and printmaker (born 1935), followed by Spiro Dine.

Where is the surname Dine most common?

Wikidata records people named Dine in the United States and the Ottoman Empire.

Is the surname Dine getting more or less common?

More common. 799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 857 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Dine

A surname, carried by 857 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dine is more common than 82.8% of them.

Origin

* As a Dutch surname, shortened from Van Dine (see Vanduyne). * As an English surname, from digne, from Old French digne (“proud, dignified”), from Latin dignus. * As a French surname, shortened from Claudine.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 857 people named Dine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 360,263 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 799.

#27,974

rank among US surnames

857

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #28,194)

Who is named Dine

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

91% of people named Dine identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dines

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Dine
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker (born 1935)
Spiro Dine
Albanian writer, 1844–1922

Notable Dines come mostly from the United States (1) and the Ottoman Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dine

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

Questions

Where does the surname Dine come from?: * As a Dutch surname, shortened from Van Dine (see Vanduyne). * As an English surname, from digne, from Old French digne (“proud, dignified”), from Latin dignus. * As a French surname, shortened from Claudine.
How common is the surname Dine?: 857 people in the United States had the surname Dine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 360,263 Americans. It ranked 27,974th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dine?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dine?: Jim Dine, American painter, sculptor, and printmaker (born 1935), followed by Spiro Dine.
Where is the surname Dine most common?: Wikidata records people named Dine in the United States and the Ottoman Empire.
Is the surname Dine getting more or less common?: More common. 799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 857 in 2010, up 7.3%.