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The surname Dineen

A surname, carried by 3,083 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D550

Dineen: #10,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dineen #10,434, 3,083 people Dineen: #10,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dineen #10,434, 3,083 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dineen is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,083 people named Dineen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,145 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,884.

#10,434
rank among US surnames
3,083
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+6.9%
change since 2000 (was #10,251)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,427Belew3,086100,047
#10,429Yearwood3,085100,080
#10,434Dineen3,083100,145
#10,437Dyess3,082100,177
#10,440Haslam3,081100,210

Who is named Dineen

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

96% of people named Dineen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dineen

Dineen 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 Dineen?
3,083 people in the United States had the surname Dineen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,145 Americans. It ranked 10,434th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dineen?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dineen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dineen getting more or less common?
More common. 2,884 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,083 in 2010, up 6.9%.