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The Dill surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,215 people carried this name — #1,980 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 17,562 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

455 people named Dill live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 167
Zurich 71
Basel-Stadt 45
Aargau 38
Bern 31
Solothurn 21
Fribourg 20
Vaud 13

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Dill.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Moselle 40
Bas-Rhin 13
Loire-Atlantique 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Nord 1
Paris 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 22 people named Dill live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Dill in American newspapers,
1865–1876.

Newspaper page from Springfield Weekly Republican carrying the name Dill
Springfield Weekly Republican 1865-12-23
Newspaper page from Ellsworth American carrying the name Dill
Ellsworth American 1876-09-14
Newspaper page from American Citizen carrying the name Dill
American Citizen 1876-06-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 696,076 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dill,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Catherine Haughton Rentoul d. 1892
  • Agnes Graham Rowe d. 1934
  • Elizabeth Ann Barnwell d. 1965
  • Margaret Douglas Pengelly d. 1970
  • Agnes Rosa Dill d. 1927
  • Hessy Foster Dill d. 1975

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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