How common is the surname Dion?

8,395 people in the United States had the surname Dion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,777 Americans. It ranked 4,225th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dion?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Dion?

Dion is /ˈdiːɑn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dion getting more or less common?

More common. 8,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,395 in 2010, up 2.9%.

Is Dion also a first name?

Yes. Dion is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Dion

A French surname, carried by 8,395 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdiːɑn/ 2 syllables Soundex D500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dion is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δίων (Díōn). Also a medieval English and French diminutive of Dionysius (Dennis).

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,395 people named Dion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,777 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,160.

#4,225

rank among US surnames

8,395

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,995)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,220	Palacio	8,400	36,755
#4,222	Leighton	8,399	36,760
#4,224	Rausch	8,398	36,764
#4,225	Dion	8,395	36,777
#4,226	Cade	8,391	36,795

Who is named Dion

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

91% of people named Dion identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dion

Dion has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dion come from?: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δίων (Díōn). Also a medieval English and French diminutive of Dionysius (Dennis).
How common is the surname Dion?: 8,395 people in the United States had the surname Dion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,777 Americans. It ranked 4,225th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dion?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Dion?: Dion is /ˈdiːɑn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Dion getting more or less common?: More common. 8,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,395 in 2010, up 2.9%.
Is Dion also a first name?: Yes. Dion is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.