How common is the surname Dingess?

2,150 people in the United States had the surname Dingess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,603 Americans. It ranked 14,006th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dingess getting more or less common?

More common. 2,103 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,150 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Dingess

A surname, carried by 2,150 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). Dingess is more common than 91.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,150 people named Dingess in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,603 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,103.

#14,006

rank among US surnames

2,150

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,300)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,997	Heimann	2,153	143,402
#14,004	Schmalz	2,151	143,536
#14,006	Dingess	2,150	143,603
#14,014	Randel	2,149	143,669

Who is named Dingess

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

95% of people named Dingess identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 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 Dingess

Dingess 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 Dingess?: 2,150 people in the United States had the surname Dingess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,603 Americans. It ranked 14,006th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dingess?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dingess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dingess getting more or less common?: More common. 2,103 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,150 in 2010, up 2.2%.