The Dinkins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,242 people carried this name — #5,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 5,806 in 2000.

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In print

Dinkins in American newspapers,
1895.

Newspaper page from The News & Observer carrying the name Dinkins
The News & Observer 1895-08-10
Newspaper page from Watertown Republican carrying the name Dinkins
Watertown Republican 1895-08-14
Newspaper page from Goldsboro Weekly Argus carrying the name Dinkins
Goldsboro Weekly Argus 1895-08-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,393 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dinkins in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1990s.

48 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dinkins. The most, 22, date from the 1990s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 20
Victoria 11
Queensland 8
New South Wales 5
South Australia 2
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Dinkins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Dinkins
    David Dinkins 1927–2020 · mayor
  • Simeon M. Dinkins 1885–1933
  • Stephanie Dinkins 1913–1997 · photographer
  • Jackie Dinkins 1950–1983 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dinkins,
in the records of 2 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 States289 records

289 records of the Dinkins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 169
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 94
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • 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 John P. Dinkins

    Born 1920 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Josepth T Robinson Little Rock, Arkansas; farmer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Walnut Hill Cemetery, Bradley, Arkansas.

    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 Michael Gary Dinkins

    Born 1950; from Titusville, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Norman E. Dinkins

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1947, died 1997; buried at Bibb Mount Zion, Macon, Georgia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 289 records for Dinkins 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Dinkins name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Dinkins

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Maria Somes, sailing from London in 1844. Native of Manchester, Lancashire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

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