How common is the surname Ditmars?

535 people in the United States had the surname Ditmars in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 577,094 Americans. It ranked 40,800th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ditmars?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ditmars identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ditmars?

Raymond Lee Ditmars, American herpetologist, writer, and natural history filmmaker (1876–1942).

Where is the surname Ditmars most common?

Wikidata records people named Ditmars in the United States.

Is the surname Ditmars getting more or less common?

Less common. 551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 535 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Ditmars

A German patronymic surname, carried by 535 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ditmars is more common than 74.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Patronymic surname, from German Dittmar + -s. The neighbourhood in Astoria is named from Ditmars Boulevard, named in honor of Raymond Ditmars.

Ditmars is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 535 people named Ditmars in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 577,094 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 551.

#40,800

rank among US surnames

535

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #37,881)

Who is named Ditmars

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

97% of people named Ditmars identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ditmarss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Raymond Lee Ditmars
American herpetologist, writer, and natural history filmmaker (1876–1942)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ditmars

Ditmars has the Soundex code D356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D356.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ditmars come from?: Patronymic surname, from German Dittmar + -s. The neighbourhood in Astoria is named from Ditmars Boulevard, named in honor of Raymond Ditmars.
How common is the surname Ditmars?: 535 people in the United States had the surname Ditmars in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 577,094 Americans. It ranked 40,800th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ditmars?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ditmars identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ditmars?: Raymond Lee Ditmars, American herpetologist, writer, and natural history filmmaker (1876–1942).
Where is the surname Ditmars most common?: Wikidata records people named Ditmars in the United States.
What type of surname is Ditmars?: Ditmars is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Ditmars getting more or less common?: Less common. 551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 535 in 2010, down 2.9%.