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

Dionne, 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 Dionne surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dionne in America

Dionne is the 5153rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dionne surname appeared 6,788 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 Dionne.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dionne 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 Dionne

The surname Dionne originates from France, deriving from the Greek name Dionysius, which was the name of the Greek god of wine and fertility. It is believed to have first appeared in the region of Normandy in the 11th century AD.

The name Dionne is thought to have derived from the Old French name Dion, which was a variant of the name Dionysius. This name was brought to England by the Normans after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Dionne can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, which was a survey of land ownership and population in England commissioned by William the Conqueror. The name appears as "Dion" in this record.

In the 13th century, a notable individual named Pierre Dionne was recorded as a landowner in the village of Bayeux, Normandy. Another early example is Jean Dionne, a French soldier who fought in the Hundred Years' War between England and France in the 14th century.

During the 16th century, the name Dionne was found in the records of the town of Dionne, located in the Burgundy region of France. This town likely took its name from a local landowner or noble with the surname Dionne.

One of the most famous individuals with the surname Dionne was Jacques Dionne (1568-1642), a French explorer and cartographer who mapped parts of the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes region of North America.

Another notable figure was Alexis Dionne (1712-1784), a French-Canadian farmer and pioneer who settled in what is now Quebec, Canada. He is remembered for establishing one of the earliest settlements in the region.

In the 19th century, Édouard Dionne (1837-1915) was a renowned Canadian historian and archivist who wrote extensively about the history of Quebec and the French presence in North America.

Quintuplets Annette, Cécile, Émilie, Marie, and Yvonne Dionne (1934-present) were a set of five identical sisters born in Ontario, Canada, who became a major international celebrity in the 1930s and 1940s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dionne

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

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

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