The Dills surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,878 people carried this name — #8,494 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,713 in 2000.

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In print

Dills in American newspapers,
1918–1929.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Dills
New-york Tribune 1920-12-26
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Dills
New-york Tribune 1918-10-27
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Dills
Evening Star 1929-12-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Dills in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

466 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dills. The most, 98, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 199
New South Wales 139
Queensland 62
Tasmania 29
South Australia 27
Western Australia 10

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dills.

Who carried it

People named Dills,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ralph C. Dills
    Ralph C. Dills 1910–2002 · politician
  • André Dills 1889–2000 · racing driver

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dills,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States175 records

175 records of the Dills name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 120
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 32
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry N. Dills

    Born 1915 in Illinois. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Eugene Dills

    Born 1948; from Valparaiso, Indiana. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Dills

    Arrived at New York in 1859 aboard the Bremen from Bremen, aged 25; merchant. From Milwaukee.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 175 records for Dills in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany6 records

6 records of the Dills name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Dills

    From Linkenbach, Neuwied. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 12 November 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 25).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Peter Dills

    From Urbachkirchdorf, Neuwied. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 11 February 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 25).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 6 records for Dills in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Dills name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Dills

    Arrived in Victoria in 1901 aboard the Suevic, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 4 records for Dills in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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