Explore the Family Name Dimalanta

The meaning of Dimalanta

Filipino: nickname for someone who does not tire easily, from Tagalog dimalanta ‘not wiltable’, a word derived from the truncated form of hindi ‘negation’ + the affix ma- ‘ability’ + lanta ‘to wilt’.

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How common is the last name Dimalanta in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Dimalanta has increased over the years. In 2000, Dimalanta ranked 42,363rd in terms of name prevalence with a count of 482 occurrences in the population. By 2010, it had risen to a rank of 34,574, indicating an increase of 18.39%. Similarly, the count of individuals carrying this surname grew by 35.68%, from 482 in 2000 to 654 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion per 100,000 people bearing the Dimalanta surname also saw an upswing of 22.22% over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,363	#34,574	18.39%
Count	482	654	35.68%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.22	22.22%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dimalanta

Concerning ethnic identity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals named Dimalanta identify as Asian/Pacific Islander, although there was a slight decrease in this category from 87.14% in 2000 to 86.09% in 2010. The percentage of people identifying as two or more races also saw a drop of 14.64%. However, the white and Hispanic categories experienced increases of 10.75% and 62.32% respectively. Meanwhile, the percentages for Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero in both 2000 and 2010, as denoted by (S) indicating suppressed data for privacy purposes.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	87.14%	86.09%	-1.2%
White	4.56%	5.05%	10.75%
Two or More Races	5.19%	4.43%	-14.64%
Hispanic	2.07%	3.36%	62.32%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%