Dimes Surname

451,630th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 752 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Dimes Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Diamond,' which see, from nick. Dime; compare Dimcock. Corroborative evidence in favour of this view is found in the fact that in the county of York, where Diamond or Dymond was a favourite name, we find the patronymic Dimeson.

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Dimes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3341:1,085,20678,873
England1511:368,99426,171
Indonesia1151:1,149,99382,063
Australia651:415,31833,226
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1371:177,92214,779
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Dimes (407) may also be a first name.

Dimes Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Diamond,' which see, from nick. Dime; compare Dimcock. Corroborative evidence in favour of this view is found in the fact that in the county of York, where Diamond or Dymond was a favourite name, we find the patronymic Dimeson.

Ricardus Dimeson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1700. Married — Charles Vale and Sarah Dymes: St. Antholin (London).

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

Prob. a rontr. of Diments or Dimonds = Diment’s or Dimond’s (Son).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Dimes Last Name Facts

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

Dimes (Arabic: دايمز, Hindi: दिमेश, Oriya: ଦିେମସ) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dimes.

How Common Is The Last Name Dimes? popularity and diffusion

Dimes is the 451,630th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Dimes reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 427,366th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 407 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 334 people, or 1 in 1,085,206. In The United States Dimes is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 18 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Virginia, where 13 percent live. Besides The United States Dimes occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent live and Indonesia, where 15 percent live.

Dimes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dimes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dimes last name increased 856 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 110 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dimes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dimes surname are 3.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.52% being registered with the political party.

Dimes earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.34% less than the national average, earning $37,393 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhimes91210/
Dihmes91207/
Dimeus9182/
Dimeas9155/
Dimeis9121/
Deimes9114/
Daimes9111/
Diomes917/
Dimets914/
Dimese914/
Diemes912/
Dimges911/
Dimmes910/
Dime894,215/
Dhimesh8310/
Dimesse832/
Dimetse831/
Dimeese830/
Dittmes830/
Dieme8043,446/
Diome8013,806/
Demes803,944/
Dumes802,778/
Daime801,546/
Dimer80519/
Dimec80485/
Dimet80403/
Dimey80352/
Dimez80299/
Dimeh80298/
Dimis80234/
Dhime80189/
Dimie80139/
Deime8076/
Dymes8065/
Dimme8056/
Dimei8044/
Dimed8031/
Dimea8021/
Dimeu8017/
Doime8011/
Dimex807/
Duime806/
Dimej806/
Dümes805/
Dimee803/
Disme802/
Ditme801/
Demese739,518/
Dimech733,260/
Demets732,168/
Dimmer731,917/
Demesh73910/
Ditmer73811/
Daimer73492/
Demeis73386/
Deimer73374/
Daimei73334/
Dismer73326/
Demeus73290/
Dumeus73233/
Duemes73139/
Dhimec73125/
Diomis73111/
Gyimes73108/
Dimmie7389/
Dhumes7379/
Daimee7369/
Dimise7368/
Diomei7367/
Daimez7363/
Dumesh7360/
Dumess7346/
Dhimer7345/
Dimmey7344/
Deisme7344/
Deymes7344/
Dhuime7337/
Dimehr7336/
Demees7331/
Deames7328/
Demess7325/
Daimis7325/
Dimeet7322/
Dhimme7321/
Dihmis7318/
Dimett7318/
Diemey7315/
Doimis7315/
Dehmes7313/
Doimer7313/
Deemes7313/
Daimeh7313/
Deumes7312/
Demies7312/
Deimee7312/
Dimyos7312/
Dimetz7311/
Dimiez7310/
Demeas738/
D'Imme736/
Diemme735/
Demest735/
Dimish734/
Demeys734/
Demeûs734/
Dumeas734/
Dimais733/
Dismey733/
Duimet733/
Doimeh733/
Dymets733/
Diomme732/
Dumeis732/
Dimmet732/
Dimmis732/
Dummes732/
Deimeh732/
Diemis732/
Daisme732/
Diemeu732/
Dismet732/
Dismis732/
Daimet732/
Daimey732/
Diomez732/
Diemee731/
Diemez731/
Diomey731/
Dittme731/
Deijme731/
Ddieme731/
Dymess731/
Desmes731/
Deimis731/
Dihmer731/
Daimie731/
Diemie731/
Deimie731/
Deimei731/
Deimey731/
Deimez731/
Daymes731/
Daimée731/
Duymes731/
Demmes731/
Dimmed731/
Dimheu731/
Dimios731/
Dimiss731/
Dijmeh731/
Dismee731/
Dumešs731/
Dumies731/
Dhimet731/
Daimed731/
Dimeer731/
Ditmis730/
Detmes730/
Deimme730/
Doimey730/
Dhieme730/
Dimeshova711/
Deme6788,572/
Dima6761,147/
Dimi6715,103/
Dittmer6712,854/
Demesse677,259/
Dimeche671,151/
Dithmer67451/
Deitmer67433/
Dimmett67350/
Demedts67294/
Daimech67211/
Dimy67160/
Desmets67116/
Dhuisme6758/
Dème6737/
Demease6736/
Demeese6731/
Dimmerz6723/
Dyme6719/
Dhimmer6717/
Déme6714/
Dimé6713/
Demeshe6711/
Dhumesh678/
Dhimmec677/
Demeyst675/
Deimeha675/
Dismais674/
Djme673/
Dhemesh672/
Daimeha672/
Dimeova671/
Dimoise671/
Didtmer671/
Dethmes671/
Dhimech671/
Dahaime671/
Demeesh671/
Deimmis671/
Dhaimis671/
Dehmest671/
Demeist671/
Demesch671/
Dimè671/
Dumesch671/
Dehmesh671/
Demetse671/
Dimisse671/
Deimmer671/
Dimmise670/
Demeise670/
Dimmish670/
Dettmes670/
Ditmais670/

Dimes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dimes in the Oriya language
ଦିେମସdiemasa-
Dimes in the Hindi language
दिमेशdimesa50
डींएसdimesa50
Dimes in the Arabic language
دايمزdaymz-

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