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

Dittman, 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 Dittman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dittman in America

Dittman is the 10998th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dittman surname appeared 2,892 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 Dittman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dittman 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 Dittman

The surname Dittman originates from Germany and dates back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the German personal name Dittmar, which is a combination of the elements diet (meaning "people") and mar (meaning "famous" or "renowned"). The name Dittmar was commonly found in various regions of Germany, including Bavaria, Saxony, and Westphalia.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Dittman can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, a collection of documents related to the history of Saxony. In this codex, a person named Dittman von Hagen is mentioned in a document dated 1248. Another early record of the name appears in the Urkundenbuch der Stadt Lübeck, a compilation of historical documents from the city of Lübeck, where a Dittman Kruse is listed in a document from 1312.

The name Dittman was also found in various place names across Germany, such as Dittmannsdorf, a village in Saxony, and Dittmannsried, a municipality in Bavaria. These place names likely originated from individuals bearing the surname Dittman who settled in those areas.

One notable individual with the surname Dittman was Johann Dittman (1677-1743), a German mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the field of celestial mechanics. Another prominent figure was Johann Gottfried Dittman (1734-1806), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge and professor at the University of Göttingen.

Other individuals with the surname Dittman include:

1. Hans Dittman (1506-1572), a German theologian and Protestant reformer.
2. Johann Wilhelm Dittman (1752-1821), a German theologian and writer.
3. Carl Friedrich Dittman (1795-1865), a German architect and urban planner.
4. Friedrich Dittman (1816-1888), a German painter and lithographer.
5. Heinrich Dittman (1892-1959), a German politician and member of the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic.

While the surname Dittman is of German origin, it has since spread to other countries due to migration and various historical events. However, its roots can be traced back to the Germanic regions of medieval Europe, where it emerged as a personal name and later became a hereditary surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dittman

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

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

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