How common is the surname Dishon?

1,187 people in the United States had the surname Dishon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dishon?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dishon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dishon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, up 8.8%.

The surname Dishon

A surname, carried by 1,187 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dishon is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,187 people named Dishon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,091.

#21,878

rank among US surnames

1,187

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #22,116)

Who is named Dishon

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

94% of people named Dishon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dishon

Dishon has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

Questions

How common is the surname Dishon?: 1,187 people in the United States had the surname Dishon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dishon?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dishon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dishon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, up 8.8%.