# Dinwiddie (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dinwiddie/  
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) | 2,514 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,370 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 122,810 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (2,415 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dunwoody |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dinwiddie 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dinwiddie in Nigeria, the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Dinwiddie

- Spencer Dinwiddie, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Traci Dinwiddie, American actress
- Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial administrator (1692-1770)

## Similar surnames

Dent, Deanda, Donato, Damato, Demuth, Dendy, Dennett, DeMott, DiMatteo, Dandy, Donati, Dant.

## 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.