Dingley Surname

147,349th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,005 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Dingley Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dingley,' a parish in Northamptonshire, about three miles from Market Harborough.

Roger de Dingeley, Norfolk, 1330: History of Norfolk.

1586. Miles Okeley and Dorothy Dyngley (Buckinghamshire): Marriage Lic.

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Dingley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4601:38,1634,967
United States7051:514,12643,043
Australia3211:84,0999,745
South Africa1031:525,99742,056
Canada1001:368,45633,054
New Zealand521:87,08312,256
Wales511:60,6775,433
Philippines501:2,024,764119,725
Northern Ireland381:48,5544,148
Ireland331:142,6956,688
Scotland311:172,7049,690
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Vanuatu91:29,253714
France61:11,070,454349,096
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Macau11:601,6301,582
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8771:27,7943,770
Scotland221:170,1466,794
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3031:165,73815,027

Dingley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dingley,' a parish in Northamptonshire, about three miles from Market Harborough.

Roger de Dingeley, Norfolk, 1330: History of Norfolk.

1586. Miles Okeley and Dorothy Dyngley (Buckinghamshire): Marriage Lic. (London).

1598-9. Rufus Rogers and Elizabeth Dingley (Southamptonshire): ibid.

1754. Married — Abel Beck and Sarah Dingley: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) Bid. to Dingley (Northants), 14th cent. Dingeley [prob. Old English dinge, fallow land + leáh, a lea]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Northamptonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Northamptonshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Dingley Last Name Facts

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

Dingley is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dingley? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dingley is the 147,349th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,425,140 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Dingley reside; 54 percent reside in Northern Europe and 54 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 1,460 people, or 1 in 38,163. In England it is primarily concentrated in: West Midlands, where 24 percent reside, Greater London, where 9 percent reside and Warwickshire, where 8 percent reside. Barring England it exists in 29 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Dingley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dingley has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Dingley surname increased 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 233 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 206 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 141 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dingley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Dingley surname are 0.36000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.59% being registered with the party.

The amount Dingley earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 12.23% less than the national average, earning R 208,584 per year; in United States they earn 8.94% more than the national average, earning $47,005 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.55% more than the national average, earning $64,862 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dingle9212,943/
Dingly9245/
Dingler864,024/
Dingles8636/
Dinglie8617/
Dinglay866/
Dengley863/
Dhingle863/
Dinglei863/
Diengle862/
Dinglee861/
Diongle861/
Diongly861/
Dinggle861/
Dingled860/
Dngle831/
Dionglay801,384/
Diongloy802/
Dingller802/
Dionglei801/
Disngles801/
Dingli771,055/
Dingla77515/
Dengle77250/
Dingiller759/
Dgle7311/
Dengler7111,716/
Dinglas711,028/
Dhengle71370/
Düngler71116/
Dinglis7117/
Dyngler7113/
Dinglah7110/
Dinglai716/
Denglae715/
Dinglip713/
Daengle711/
Dengles711/
Dinglaz711/
Diongla711/
D'Engle711/
Dengleh711/
Denglaeh6749/
Dingilli679/
Daenglee674/
Dghle671/
Dngla671/
Duengloy671/
Dghly671/
Dengelly671/
Denglest670/
Dinglass670/

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Dingley Reference & Research

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