The surname Dyess
A surname, carried by 3,082 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D200
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,082 people named Dyess in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,177 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,995.
#10,437
rank among US surnames
3,082
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+2.9%
change since 2000 (was #9,937)
Who is named Dyess
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Dyess identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Dyess
Dyess has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.
Questions
- How common is the surname Dyess?
- 3,082 people in the United States had the surname Dyess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,177 Americans. It ranked 10,437th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dyess?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Dyess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Dyess getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,082 in 2010, up 2.9%.