How common is the surname Dingle?

4,301 people in the United States had the surname Dingle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,785 Americans. It ranked 7,717th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dingle?

Charles Dingle, American actor (1887-1956), followed by Herbert Dingle.

Where is the surname Dingle most common?

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

How do you pronounce Dingle?

Dingle is /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dingle getting more or less common?

More common. 3,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,301 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Dingle

A surname, carried by 4,301 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/ 2 syllables Soundex D524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dingle is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,301 people named Dingle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,785 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,887.

#7,717

rank among US surnames

4,301

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+10.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,899)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,710	Lasley	4,306	71,701
#7,713	Bussell	4,305	71,718
#7,714	Lail	4,304	71,735
#7,717	Stockdale	4,301	71,785
#7,720	Theobald	4,300	71,801
#7,721	Till	4,299	71,818

Who is named Dingle

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

59% of people named Dingle identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Dingles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Dingles come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dingle

Dingle has the Soundex code D524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D524.

Questions

Where does the surname Dingle come from?: From Irish An Daingean, Daingean Uí Chúi (“fort of Ó Cúis”), from daingean (“fortress”).
How common is the surname Dingle?: 4,301 people in the United States had the surname Dingle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,785 Americans. It ranked 7,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dingle?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Dingle identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dingle?: Charles Dingle, American actor (1887-1956), followed by Herbert Dingle.
Where is the surname Dingle most common?: Wikidata records people named Dingle in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Dingle?: Dingle is /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Dingle getting more or less common?: More common. 3,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,301 in 2010, up 11%.