How common is the surname Deiter?

1,022 people in the United States had the surname Deiter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. It ranked 24,483rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Deiter?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Deiter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Deiter getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,022 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Deiter

A German surname, carried by 1,022 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deiter is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Deiter.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,022 people named Deiter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,189.

#24,483

rank among US surnames

1,022

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-14%

change since 2000 (was #20,676)

Who is named Deiter

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Deiter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Deiter

Deiter has the Soundex code D360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D360.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Deiter come from?: Borrowed from German Deiter.
How common is the surname Deiter?: 1,022 people in the United States had the surname Deiter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. It ranked 24,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deiter?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Deiter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Deiter getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,022 in 2010, down 14%.