The surname Diniz
A Portuguese surname, carried by 645 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D520
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Portuguese Diniz.
One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 645 people named Diniz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 504.
Who is named Diniz
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Diniz identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 79%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.7%
- Two or more races 2.3%
Famous Dinizs
11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Pedro DinizBrazilian racing driver (born 1970)
- Fernando DinizBrazilian professional football manager, former player and psychologist, born 1974
- Marcus DinizBrazilian association football player, born 1987
- Leila DinizBrazilian actress (1945–1972)
- Fabiana DinizBrazilian handball player, born 1981
- Debora DinizBrazilian anthropologist, born 1970
- Diva Diniz CorrêaBrazilian marine zoologist, 1918–1993
- Francisca Senhorinha da Motta DinizBrazilian writer, born 1834
- Abilio DinizBrazilian businessman (1936–2024)
- André DinizBrazilian comics artist, born 1975
- Gabriel DinizBrazilian singer (1990–2019)
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Diniz has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.
Other Portuguese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Diniz come from?
- Borrowed from Portuguese Diniz.
- How common is the surname Diniz?
- 645 people in the United States had the surname Diniz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. It ranked 34,967th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Diniz?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Diniz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Diniz?
- Pedro Diniz, Brazilian racing driver (born 1970), followed by Fernando Diniz.
- Where is the surname Diniz most common?
- Wikidata records people named Diniz in Brazil.
- Is the surname Diniz getting more or less common?
- More common. 504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 645 in 2010, up 28%.