How common is the surname Dye?

28,182 people in the United States had the surname Dye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,955 Americans. It ranked 1,246th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dye?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Dye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Dye?

Dale Dye, American actor, presenter, and businessman, followed by John Dye.

Where is the surname Dye most common?

Wikidata records people named Dye in the United States.

Is the surname Dye getting more or less common?

More common. 27,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,182 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Dye

A surname, carried by 28,182 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dye is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 28,182 people named Dye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,955 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,627.

#1,246

rank among US surnames

28,182

people in 2010

9.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #1,163)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,237	Kern	28,547	10,815
#1,238	Chu	28,508	10,830
#1,239	Knowles	28,460	10,848
#1,240	Ma	28,452	10,851
#1,241	Madison	28,411	10,867
#1,242	Childs	28,359	10,887
#1,243	Belcher	28,321	10,902

Who is named Dye

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

83% of people named Dye identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dyes

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dale Dye
American actor, presenter, and businessman, born 1944
John Dye
American film and television actor (1963–2011)
Jeff Dye
American stand-up comedian, born 1983
Jermaine Dye
American baseball player, born 1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dye

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

Questions

How common is the surname Dye?: 28,182 people in the United States had the surname Dye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,955 Americans. It ranked 1,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dye?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Dye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dye?: Dale Dye, American actor, presenter, and businessman, followed by John Dye.
Where is the surname Dye most common?: Wikidata records people named Dye in the United States.
Is the surname Dye getting more or less common?: More common. 27,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,182 in 2010, up 2.0%.