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    The surname Dy

    A Khmer surname, carried by 1,932 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D000

    Dy: #15,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dy #15,232, 1,932 people Dy: #15,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dy #15,232, 1,932 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dy is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    Khmer origin

    From Khmer ឌី (dii).

    One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,932 people named Dy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,806 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,422.

    #15,232
    rank among US surnames
    1,932
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.9%
    change since 2000 (was #18,077)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,223Rosenberry1,934159,641
    #15,229Salamon1,933159,724
    #15,232Dy1,932159,806
    #15,236Alli1,931159,889
    #15,238Nayak1,930159,972

    Who is named Dy

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

    89% of people named Dy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Dy

    Dy has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

    Other Khmer surnames

    All 19 Khmer surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dy come from?
    From Khmer ឌី (dii).
    How common is the surname Dy?
    1,932 people in the United States had the surname Dy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,806 Americans. It ranked 15,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dy?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dy getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,932 in 2010, up 36%.