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

Dingman, 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 Dingman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dingman in America

Dingman is the 6781st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dingman surname appeared 4,974 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 Dingman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dingman 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 Dingman

The surname Dingman has its origins in Germany and dates back to the 12th century. It is derived from the old German words "ding", meaning a court or assembly, and "mann", meaning man. The name likely referred to a person who worked as an officer or attendant at a local court or assembly.

One of the earliest recorded references to the name Dingman can be found in the Codex Traditionum Westfalicarum, a medieval manuscript from the region of Westphalia, Germany, dating back to the 13th century. The name appears as "Dingmanne" in this document.

The Dingman name was also present in other parts of Germany, such as Bavaria and Saxony, as evidenced by various historical records and documents from the 14th and 15th centuries. Some notable individuals with this surname include Johannes Dingman, a merchant from Hamburg born in 1510, and Hans Dingman, a farmer from the village of Dingmansrott near Cologne, mentioned in records from the late 16th century.

As the Dingman family spread across Europe, variations in the spelling of the name emerged, such as Dingemann, Dingemann, and Dingmann. The name was also sometimes associated with certain place names, like Dingmansrade in the Netherlands and Dingmanshausen in Germany.

In the 17th century, several members of the Dingman family emigrated to the American colonies. One of the earliest recorded Dingmans in America was Hendrick Dingman, who arrived in New Amsterdam (now New York City) in 1654. Another notable figure was Jacob Dingman (1680-1762), a farmer and landowner in the Dutch settlement of Flatbush, Long Island.

Other prominent individuals with the Dingman surname include Johann Dingman (1816-1892), a German-American businessman and politician in Wisconsin, and William Dingman (1844-1916), a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who established the Dingman's Falls hydroelectric power plant in Ontario.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dingman

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

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

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