Dingle Surname

40,487th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,943 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Dingle Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. It is difficult to arrive at a derivation. There is no local prefix to the Hundred Roll instances. Under ordinary circumstances it would be natural to suggest 'at the dingle,' the little dell, from residence therein.

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Dingle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,6581:64,0617,503
Philippines3,1841:31,7964,643
England1,6281:34,2254,519
Australia1,0331:26,1333,553
Canada4891:75,3498,505
New Zealand2901:15,6152,720
South Africa2501:216,71122,792
Jersey861:1,154154
Wales771:40,1893,923
Ireland581:81,1894,753
Scotland371:144,6988,671
India281:27,395,192354,286
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
China61:227,886,92811,701
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland251:177,1958,871
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2451:19,5792,804
Wales291:54,0832,718
Jersey261:1,995333
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6601:76,0898,089

Dingle (2,758) may also be a first name.

Dingle Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. It is difficult to arrive at a derivation. There is no local prefix to the Hundred Roll instances. Under ordinary circumstances it would be natural to suggest 'at the dingle,' the little dell, from residence therein.

William Dynghale, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

William Dingel, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Henry Dinggel, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Helewise Dinggel, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1807. Married — John Dingle and Sarah Drake: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Dweller at a Hollow or Dell [Middle English dingle] (Scandinavian) for Dingwall, q.v.

Note.—The Irish place-name Dingle is a corruption form of Dingin-Irish daingean, ‘a fortress'.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in the deep dell or narrow valley; one who came from Dingle, in Lancashire.

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

"A narrow valley between two hills." Bailey.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dingle: a depth of wood. In an Old English homily in the 13th century it is used of the sea-bottom. Surname Dingley.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Dingle Last Name Facts

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

Dingle (Hindi: डीन्ग्ले, Marathi: िंडगळे) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dingle? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dingle is the 40,487th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 563,049 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Dingle are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Dingle is also the 139,130th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 2,758 people.

Dingle is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 5,658 people, or 1 in 64,061. In The United States Dingle is mostly found in: South Carolina, where 15 percent reside, Maryland, where 13 percent reside and New York, where 12 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 46 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 25 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.

Dingle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dingle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dingle last name increased 857 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 131 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 266 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 232 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dingle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Dingle surname is chiefly Catholic (80%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Dingle last name are 5.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.94% registered with the party.

The amount Dingle earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 126.31% more than the national average, earning R 537,804 per year; in United States they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $41,051 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.54% more than the national average, earning $55,915 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dingler924,024/
Dingley923,005/
Dingile92711/
Dingele9242/
Dingles9236/
Dinglie9217/
Dinglei923/
Dhingle923/
Diengle922/
Dinggle921/
Dinglee921/
Diongle921/
Dingled920/
Dngle911/
Dinguele8614/
Dinghile8610/
Dingller862/
Dionglei861/
Dingiele861/
Disngles861/
Dingli831,055/
Dingla83515/
Dengle83250/
Dingly8345/
Dngile831/
Dgle8011/
Dingiller809/
Dengler7711,716/
Dengele77511/
Dhengle77370/
Düngler77116/
Dinglis7717/
Dinggil7715/
Dyngler7713/
Dinglay776/
Dinglai776/
Dengile775/
Dinglip773/
Dengley773/
Dinghil772/
Dengleh771/
Daengle771/
D'Engle771/
Diongly771/
Dengles771/
Dngla731/
Dghle731/
Dionglay711,384/
Tdengele7175/
Denguele7127/
Dingilli719/
Daenglee714/
Denkgele714/
Diongloy712/
Dimgaile711/
Denguile711/
Denglest710/
Dinghill710/
Dengli6791/
Dengla6740/
Döngeller673/

Dingle Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dingle in the Hindi language
डीन्ग्लेdin'gle-
Dingle in the Marathi language
िंडगळेindagale-

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