How common is the surname Dinges?

2,084 people in the United States had the surname Dinges in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,150 Americans. It ranked 14,356th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dinges?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dinges identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dinges getting more or less common?

More common. 1,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,084 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Dinges

A surname, carried by 2,084 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D522

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dinges is more common than 91.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,084 people named Dinges in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,150 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,855.

#14,356

rank among US surnames

2,084

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+12.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,693)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,349	Moir	2,085	148,079
#14,356	Maida	2,084	148,150
#14,358	Spatz	2,083	148,222
#14,363	Heinrichs	2,082	148,293

Who is named Dinges

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

96% of people named Dinges identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dinges

Dinges has the Soundex code D522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D522.

Questions

How common is the surname Dinges?: 2,084 people in the United States had the surname Dinges in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,150 Americans. It ranked 14,356th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dinges?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dinges identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dinges getting more or less common?: More common. 1,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,084 in 2010, up 12%.