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    The surname Dines

    A patronymic surname, carried by 1,620 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dines is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    Patronymic from Dain.

    Dines is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,620 people named Dines in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,584 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,385.

    #17,419
    rank among US surnames
    1,620
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17%
    change since 2000 (was #18,412)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,419Servantes1,620190,584
    #17,428Heppner1,619190,701

    Who is named Dines

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

    85% of people named Dines identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Diness

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alberto Dines
      Brazilian journalist and writer (1932–2018)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dines

    Dines has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dines come from?
    Patronymic from Dain.
    How common is the surname Dines?
    1,620 people in the United States had the surname Dines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,584 Americans. It ranked 17,419th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dines?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Dines identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dines?
    Alberto Dines, Brazilian journalist and writer (1932–2018).
    Where is the surname Dines most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dines in Brazil.
    What type of surname is Dines?
    Dines is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Dines getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,620 in 2010, up 17%.