The surname Dinger
A German surname, carried by 3,414 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D526
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Dinger.
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,414 people named Dinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,435 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,189.
#9,524
rank among US surnames
3,414
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+7.1%
change since 2000 (was #9,371)
Who is named Dinger
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Dinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dinger come from?
- Borrowed from German Dinger.
- How common is the surname Dinger?
- 3,414 people in the United States had the surname Dinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,435 Americans. It ranked 9,524th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dinger?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Dinger getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,414 in 2010, up 7.1%.