# Dingle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dingle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,301 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 71,785 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (3,887 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Irish An Daingean, Daingean Uí Chúi (“fort of Ó Cúis”), from daingean (“fortress”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dingle in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dingle in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Dingle

- Charles Dingle, American actor (1887-1956)
- Herbert Dingle, British astronomer and historian of science (1890–1978)

## Similar surnames

Dinkel, Dengler, Dingler, Dangler, D'Angelo, DeAngelo, DeAngelis, Dunkle, Dunkley, Dunkel, DeNicola, Dinicola.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.