Dînga

surname · Latin script

Dînga is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: - DANGA - DINGA cf. subst. Bang - ding (sunet) si prep. dingd (ling) (DLR). 1. Dinga (Dm ; ; Isp VI ; Bir III) ; Dinga, R. (BM II) ; - pitar (Vel) ; vornic (16 A II 171) ; razes (Sd VII 304) ; - ard.

rarermore common
  • NONorway1 in 119K(measured from records)
  • MDMoldova≈1 in 139K
  • CZCzechia1 in 223K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

288 people, 2010

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 119K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Dinga in US United States, ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

- DANGA - DINGA cf. subst. Bang - ding (sunet) si prep. dingd (ling) (DLR). 1. Dinga (Dm ; ; Isp VI ; Bir III) ; Dinga, R. (BM II) ; - pitar (Vel) ; vornic (16 A II 171) ; razes (Sd VII 304) ; - ard. (DR II 687). 2. Dingu, A. (Hris I 511). 3. Dingoaia f. (Vel). 4. Ding/an, mold. (17 A I 101, V 88, 327 ; Sur XXIV) ; -ani, -eni ss.; Dingeanii s. azi Dingeni. II. 1. Ddnga, Gh. (BM I) ; Ddng /eni s. (Dm) ; -esti s. (Cat) azi Dtng fent, ss. act. 2. Dinga b., mold. ; -D. (A Gen I 61).

Sources 2

  • The African book of names
  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dînga counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dînga is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2881 in 1.2M320Dinga4
ES Spain781 in 641K78Dinga6
CZ Czechia481 in 223K48——
NO Norway461 in 119K46——
MD Moldova≈24 est.≈1 in 139K—Dînga6
GY Guyana21 in 375K2——

288 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); MVČR — living population register 2017; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dînga is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Congo - Kinshasa, Cameroon, Belgium

    Also written Dinga

  • Swahili surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kenya, United States, South Africa, Philippines

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Dinga

  • Ukrainian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Динга, Dinga

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Dînga under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dînga mean, and where does it come from?
- DANGA - DINGA cf. subst. Bang - ding (sunet) si prep. dingd (ling) (DLR). 1. Dinga (Dm ; ; Isp VI ; Bir III) ; Dinga, R. (BM II) ; - pitar (Vel) ; vornic (16 A II 171) ; razes (Sd VII 304) ; - ard. Recorded by The African book of names and Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc.
In which country does Dînga have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 288 people named Dînga, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dinga.
Where is Dînga most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dînga is densest in Norway — about 1 in 119 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Dînga?
In the United States, the national register counted 288 people named Dînga in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dînga”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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