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    The surname Diederich

    A German surname, carried by 2,322 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D362

    Diederich: #13,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Diederich #13,166, 2,322 people Diederich: #13,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Diederich #13,166, 2,322 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diederich is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Diederich.

    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 2,322 people named Diederich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,965 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,272.

    #13,166
    rank among US surnames
    2,322
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,507)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,158Cannella2,325132,794
    #13,160Neuhaus2,324132,851
    #13,165Pettyjohn2,323132,908
    #13,166Ziemer2,322132,965
    #13,171Tedeschi2,321133,023

    Who is named Diederich

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

    96% of people named Diederich identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Diederich

    Diederich has the Soundex code D362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D362.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Diederich come from?
    Borrowed from German Diederich.
    How common is the surname Diederich?
    2,322 people in the United States had the surname Diederich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,965 Americans. It ranked 13,166th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Diederich?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Diederich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Diederich getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,322 in 2010, up 2.2%.