The Dinh surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,081 people carried this name — #2,119 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,300 people counted. That is up 44% from 11,836 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Dinh surname
A surname from Vietnamese.
Borrowed from Vietnamese Đinh.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dinh» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
225 people named Dinh live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 215 people named Dinh.
Most of them — 177 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
62 people named Dinh have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 376 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Dinh live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
818 people named Dinh are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dinh in American newspapers,
1916–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,739 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dinh,
with a public archive behind them.
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Linh Dinh 1963– · photographer -
Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh 1969– · choreographer -
Mylène Dinh-Robic 1979– · actor -
Andy Dinh 1992– · entrepreneur -
Dinh The Luc 1952– · mathematician
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Phuong Mai Dinh 1974– · physicist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 23 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dinh.
When the index is not enough
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