How common is the surname Dively?

1,121 people in the United States had the surname Dively in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. It ranked 22,838th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dively?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Dively identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dively getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,155 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,121 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Dively

A surname, carried by 1,121 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dively is more common than 85.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,121 people named Dively in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,155.

#22,838

rank among US surnames

1,121

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,176)

Who is named Dively

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

97% of people named Dively identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

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 Dively

Dively has the Soundex code D140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D140.

Questions

How common is the surname Dively?: 1,121 people in the United States had the surname Dively in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. It ranked 22,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dively?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Dively identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dively getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,155 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,121 in 2010, down 2.9%.