# Der (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/der/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 980 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,272 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 315,046 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (905 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Dér, from dér (“hoarfrost”). * As a Chinese surname, variant Romanization of 謝 /谢 (xiè), see Xie.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Der in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 68% |
| Two or more races | 5.3% |

## Similar surnames

Drew, Derr, Doerr, Derry, Dear, Deer, Duerr, Deere, Dery, Duer, Deery, Dier.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.