Dimes Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameDimes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 334 | 1:1,085,206 | 78,873 |
| England | 151 | 1:368,994 | 26,171 |
| Indonesia | 115 | 1:1,149,993 | 82,063 |
| Australia | 65 | 1:415,318 | 33,226 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 137 | 1:177,922 | 14,779 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
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).
Prob. a rontr. of Diments or Dimonds = Diment’s or Dimond’s (Son).
Dimes Demographics
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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
Dimes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dimes in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦିେମସ | diemasa | - |
| Dimes in the Hindi language | ||
| दिमेश | dimesa | 50 |
| डींएस | dimesa | 50 |
| Dimes in the Arabic language | ||
| دايمز | daymz | - |
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