How common is the surname Dishman?

5,106 people in the United States had the surname Dishman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,467 Americans. It ranked 6,634th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dishman getting more or less common?

More common. 4,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,106 in 2010, up 8.8%.

The surname Dishman

A German occupational surname, carried by 5,106 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dishman is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized form of North German Dischmann, an occupational surname for a joiner.

Dishman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,106 people named Dishman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,467 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,691.

#6,634

rank among US surnames

5,106

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,645)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,628	Pizano	5,110	60,420
#6,630	Kershaw	5,109	60,432
#6,632	Cottle	5,108	60,444
#6,634	Dishman	5,106	60,467
#6,635	Brumbaugh	5,103	60,503
#6,636	Beachy	5,102	60,515

Who is named Dishman

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

89% of people named Dishman identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Dishmon

Surnames that sound like Dishman

Dickman

Dishman has the Soundex code D255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D255.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dishman come from?: Americanized form of North German Dischmann, an occupational surname for a joiner.
How common is the surname Dishman?: 5,106 people in the United States had the surname Dishman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,467 Americans. It ranked 6,634th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dishman?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dishman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Dishman?: Dishman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Dishman getting more or less common?: More common. 4,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,106 in 2010, up 8.8%.
What are other spellings of Dishman?: Dishmon.