Dinwiddie Surname Guide

The Dinwiddie last name has Scottish roots. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “one who came from the lands of Dinwoodie (hill with the shrubs), in Dumfriesshire”. Place names like this marked newcomers by where they had come from. Smith also lists Dinwoodie.

The 2010 census count for Dinwiddie in the United States was 2,514, good for rank 12,370. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames.

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