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

Dinh, 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 Dinh surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dinh in America

Dinh is the 2119th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dinh surname appeared 17,081 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 people would have the surname Dinh.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dinh 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 Dinh

The surname DINH originated in Vietnam and dates back to the 10th century AD. It is derived from the Vietnamese word "dinh" meaning a communal house or village meeting hall, suggesting the name may have referred to someone who lived near or was associated with such a structure.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname DINH can be found in the writings of the Vietnamese historian Le Van Huu from the 15th century. He mentions several individuals with this surname serving as officials and scholars during the Ly and Tran dynasties between the 11th-13th centuries.

The DINH surname was also present in the village annotation books kept by local officials during the Le Dynasty (1428-1788). These records listed households and their members for tax and conscription purposes, giving examples of the name's widespread use across various regions of Vietnam.

A notable early bearer of the DINH name was DINH Bo Linh (965-979), the founder and first emperor of the short-lived Early Le Dynasty in what is now northern Vietnam. He helped free the country from Chinese domination before his assassination.

Another influential figure was the 13th century military strategist DINH Liet, who played a key role in the Tran Dynasty's victories over the invading Mongol forces of Kublai Khan in the late 1200s.

In more recent history, DINH Xuan Hieu (1892-1948) was a celebrated Vietnamese poet and writer known for his romantic poetry and advocacy of the Nom script during the French colonial era.

Other examples include DINH Van Den (1924-1997), a Vietnamese diplomat who served as ambassador to the Soviet Union, and DINH Thi Hoa (1925-2003), an actress renowned for roles in Vietnamese revolutionary films and operas during the 1950s-60s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dinh

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

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

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