Find out how popular the last name Dillman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dillman.

Dillman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dillman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dillman in America

Dillman is the 6061st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dillman surname appeared 5,660 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Dillman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dillman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dillman

The surname Dillman is of German origin, derived from the medieval personal name Dillemann. This name is a combination of the Old German word "dilli," meaning "brave" or "bold," and the suffix "-mann," meaning "man." The name likely originated in the southern regions of Germany during the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Codex Traditionum Corbeiensium, a medieval manuscript from the Benedictine abbey of Corvey, dated around the 9th century. The name appears as "Dillemann," referring to a landowner or a tenant of the abbey.

In the 12th century, the name Dillman appears in the records of the Monastery of Hirsau, located in present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This suggests that the name was widespread in the region during that time.

The name Dillman has also been associated with various place names in Germany, such as Dillingen an der Donau, a town in Bavaria, and Dillingen, a district in Saarland. These place names may have influenced the spelling variations of the surname over time.

Notable individuals with the surname Dillman throughout history include:

1. Heinrich Dillman (1519-1587), a German theologian and reformer from Nuremberg.
2. Johann Jakob Dillman (1745-1819), a German jurist and professor of law at the University of Heidelberg.
3. August Dillman (1823-1894), a German biblical scholar and professor of theology at the University of Giessen.
4. Christian Friedrich August Dillmann (1823-1894), a German Orientalist and Semitic scholar known for his work on the Ethiopic language and literature.
5. Gustav Dillmann (1869-1944), a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Berlin and other German cities.

While the surname Dillman has its roots in Germany, it has since spread to other parts of the world due to migration and diaspora. However, the earliest records and historical references to the name can be traced back to the German-speaking regions of Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dillman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dillman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dillman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dillman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dillman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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