How common is the surname Dingus?

2,324 people in the United States had the surname Dingus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,851 Americans. It ranked 13,160th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dingus?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dingus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dingus getting more or less common?

More common. 2,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,324 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Dingus

A surname, carried by 2,324 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). Dingus is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dinges.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,324 people named Dingus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,851 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,199.

#13,160

rank among US surnames

2,324

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,833)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,153	Washam	2,327	132,680
#13,155	Huezo	2,326	132,737
#13,158	Cannella	2,325	132,794
#13,160	Neuhaus	2,324	132,851
#13,165	Pettyjohn	2,323	132,908
#13,166	Ziemer	2,322	132,965

Who is named Dingus

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

94% of people named Dingus identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dingus

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

Questions

Where does the surname Dingus come from?: Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dinges.
How common is the surname Dingus?: 2,324 people in the United States had the surname Dingus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,851 Americans. It ranked 13,160th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dingus?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dingus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dingus getting more or less common?: More common. 2,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,324 in 2010, up 5.7%.