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The surname Dysinger

A German place surname, carried by 572 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D252

Dysinger: #38,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dysinger #38,640, 572 people Dysinger: #38,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dysinger #38,640, 572 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dysinger is more common than 76.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized spelling of German Deisinger, a habitational surname for someone from Deising in Riedenburg. Or, possibly from Low German dei + Middle High German singer (compare Sänger).

Dysinger is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 572 people named Dysinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 539,765 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 555.

#38,640
rank among US surnames
572
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+3.1%
change since 2000 (was #37,688)

Who is named Dysinger

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

96% of people named Dysinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dysinger come from?
Americanized spelling of German Deisinger, a habitational surname for someone from Deising in Riedenburg. Or, possibly from Low German dei + Middle High German singer (compare Sänger).
How common is the surname Dysinger?
572 people in the United States had the surname Dysinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 539,765 Americans. It ranked 38,640th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dysinger?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dysinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
What type of surname is Dysinger?
Dysinger is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dysinger getting more or less common?
More common. 555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 572 in 2010, up 3.1%.