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    The surname Dinsdale

    An English place surname, carried by 713 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D523

    Dinsdale: #32,302 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dinsdale #32,302, 713 people Dinsdale: #32,302 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dinsdale #32,302, 713 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dinsdale is more common than 80.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English personal name *Dyttīn + -s- + healh (“corner, nook, recess”).

    Dinsdale is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 713 people named Dinsdale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 433,023 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 639.

    #32,302
    rank among US surnames
    713
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #33,653)

    Who is named Dinsdale

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

    96% of people named Dinsdale identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dinsdale come from?
    From the Old English personal name *Dyttīn + -s- + healh (“corner, nook, recess”).
    How common is the surname Dinsdale?
    713 people in the United States had the surname Dinsdale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 433,023 Americans. It ranked 32,302nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dinsdale?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dinsdale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Dinsdale?
    Dinsdale is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Dinsdale getting more or less common?
    More common. 639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 713 in 2010, up 12%.