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

Dingler, 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 Dingler surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dingler in America

Dingler is the 14656th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dingler surname appeared 2,030 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Dingler.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dingler 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 Dingler

The surname Dingler is believed to have originated in Germany, likely in the southern regions, during the late Middle Ages. It is thought to be derived from the German word "dingeln," which means "to dangle" or "to swing." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to an occupation or trade involving something that dangled or swung, such as a bell-ringer or a maker of wind chimes.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Dingler can be found in a 15th-century document from the city of Nuremberg, which mentions a certain Hans Dingler. This suggests that the name was already established in that region by that time.

Dingler is also a name that appears in some historical records from the 16th and 17th centuries. For instance, a Johann Dingler is mentioned in a 1567 church register from the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, while a Christoph Dingler is listed in a 1632 tax record from the city of Augsburg.

During the 18th century, the name Dingler seems to have spread more widely across southern Germany and into neighboring regions. One notable figure from this period was Johann Georg Dingler (1778-1855), a German publisher and editor who founded the influential technical journal "Dinglers Polytechnisches Journal."

In the 19th century, the Dingler surname can be found in various parts of Germany, as well as in some areas of what is now Austria and Switzerland. One prominent individual with this name was Hugo Dingler (1881-1954), a German philosopher and logician who made significant contributions to the field of epistemology.

Another noteworthy person with the Dingler surname was the German engineer and inventor Rudolf Dingler (1889-1967), who is best known for his work on automotive suspension systems and his development of the Dingler-Strasse, a type of road surface designed for quieter and smoother driving.

Throughout its history, the Dingler surname has also been found in various spellings, such as Dingler, Dingeler, and Dingeller, reflecting regional variations in pronunciation and spelling conventions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dingler

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

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 Dingler 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 Dingler 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 Dingler was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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