How common is the surname Dinwiddie?

2,514 people in the United States had the surname Dinwiddie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. It ranked 12,370th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dinwiddie?

Spencer Dinwiddie, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by Traci Dinwiddie.

Where is the surname Dinwiddie most common?

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

Is the surname Dinwiddie getting more or less common?

More common. 2,415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,514 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Dinwiddie

A surname, carried by 2,514 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dinwiddie is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,514 people named Dinwiddie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,415.

#12,370

rank among US surnames

2,514

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,869)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,362	Bart	2,515	122,762
#12,370	Mikel	2,514	122,810
#12,378	Richer	2,513	122,859

Who is named Dinwiddie

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

76% of people named Dinwiddie identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dinwiddies

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Spencer Dinwiddie
American basketball player (born 1993)
Traci Dinwiddie
American actress, born 1973
Robert Dinwiddie
British colonial administrator (1692-1770)

Notable Dinwiddies come mostly from Nigeria (1), the United States (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Dunwoody

Dinwiddie has the Soundex code D530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D530.

Questions

How common is the surname Dinwiddie?: 2,514 people in the United States had the surname Dinwiddie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. It ranked 12,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dinwiddie?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Dinwiddie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dinwiddie?: Spencer Dinwiddie, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by Traci Dinwiddie.
Where is the surname Dinwiddie most common?: Wikidata records people named Dinwiddie in Nigeria, the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Is the surname Dinwiddie getting more or less common?: More common. 2,415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,514 in 2010, up 4.1%.
What are other spellings of Dinwiddie?: Dunwoody.