Dill Surname

15,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,009 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Dill Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dill' (I). This solution seems highly probable; compare Dillwyn, Dilworth, &c. The name still flourishes in Somerset.

Geoffrey Dylle, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Dill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States24,8701:14,5741,824
Germany4,5701:17,6162,311
Brazil2,9861:71,6932,672
Canada7421:49,6576,027
Switzerland6411:12,8132,122
Bermuda4751:1379
England2721:204,84617,761
Pakistan2371:753,77211,005
France2111:314,80047,893
South Africa961:564,35143,987
Australia901:299,95226,269
Netherlands801:211,09028,733
Scotland661:81,1185,959
Ireland551:85,6174,914
New Zealand511:88,79112,412
Russia471:3,066,448164,949
Paraguay451:160,8173,242
Austria441:193,53324,446
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
Argentina391:1,095,98566,746
Trinidad and Tobago331:41,3333,849
Jamaica301:95,6654,064
Taiwan271:868,3246,112
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
India231:33,350,669396,143
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Croatia131:325,27730,776
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Guam81:20,0153,029
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
China71:195,331,65210,124
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Malta11:430,2723,380
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Dominica11:75,891912
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Grenada11:108,5351,793
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland721:61,5264,797
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1171:208,33616,331
Scotland551:68,0584,042
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,1241:9,8011,260

Dill (2,019) may also be a first name.

Dill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dill' (I). This solution seems highly probable; compare Dillwyn, Dilworth, &c. The name still flourishes in Somerset.

Geoffrey Dylle, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Alan Dille, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Dille, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

1637. Married — Joseph Dill and Faith Staples: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Thomas dictus Dyll witnessed a charter by John Skinner, burgess of Inverness, c. 1360 (Grant, III, p. 12), and Marjorie dicta Dyll held land in Inuernys, 1361 (REM., p. 305). Still current.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

The Old Teutonic pers. name Dil(a, Dilli, &c. Robert Dille.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Dill or Dila (spoiler).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

See Dilke. There is, however, a hundred so called in Sussex. Dill without prefix is found in H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dill Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dill Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dill (Georgian: დილლ, Hindi: डिल, Russian: Дилл, Tibetan: དིལ) is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dill.

How Common Is The Last Name Dill? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 15,480th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 202,381 people. The surname Dill occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Dill live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. Dill is also the 168,128th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 2,019 people.

Dill is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 24,870 people, or 1 in 14,574. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, Missouri, where 5 percent are found and Ohio, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States it is found in 89 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 13 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.

Dill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dill has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dill surname grew 485 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 232 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 120 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 24 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Dill surname is principally Presbyterian (46%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Dill last name are 17.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.54% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dill earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.85% more than the national average, earning R 429,780 per year; in United States they earn 1.67% less than the national average, earning $42,428 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.59% less than the national average, earning $45,414 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diell89159/
Dhill8968/
Duill8931/
Dioll8911/
Dilhl894/
Dihll891/
Dil8644,735/
Dll868/
D'Hill803/
Dell7537,460/
Diel7511,690/
Döll754,435/
Diol753,532/
Düll751,894/
Dihl75647/
Duil75379/
Dyll75193/
Disl7576/
Dhil7543/
Dijl7527/
Dilp7524/
Dild7523/
Dilt7513/
Dilh759/
Dllh756/
Dlld752/
Ddil752/
Dllt751/
Dlll751/
Tdil751/
Dilė751/
Déll751/
Hdil751/
Dillova7318/
Dillová733/
Diehl6755,114/
Duell674,435/
Doell672,508/
Dl67755/
Digli67177/
Deell6797/
Deull6743/
Dhiel6736/
Daell6726/
Dhyll6720/
Dhell6718/
Ådell6713/
Dyoll676/
Tdiel672/
Gyill671/
Dhuil671/
Dilpf671/
Delll671/
Hdiel670/
Duihl670/
D'ell670/

Dill Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dill in the Georgian language
დილლdill-
Dill in the Tibetan language
དིལdil-
Dill in the Hindi language
डिलdila-
Dill in the Russian language
Диллdill-

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Dill Reference & Research

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