How common is the surname Diedrich?

3,655 people in the United States had the surname Diedrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,472 Americans. It ranked 8,956th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Diedrich?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Diedrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Diedrich getting more or less common?

More common. 3,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,655 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Diedrich

A German surname, carried by 3,655 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diedrich is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Diedrich.

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 3,655 people named Diedrich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,472 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,585.

#8,956

rank among US surnames

3,655

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #8,465)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,950	Clyde	3,658	84,403
#8,951	Starcher	3,657	84,426
#8,954	Lavalley	3,656	84,449
#8,956	Cauthen	3,655	84,472
#8,959	Mendonca	3,654	84,495
#8,962	Perlman	3,653	84,518
#8,964	Lafontaine	3,652	84,541

Who is named Diedrich

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

95% of people named Diedrich identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Diedrick

Surnames that sound like Diedrich

Diedrich 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 Diedrich come from?: Borrowed from German Diedrich.
How common is the surname Diedrich?: 3,655 people in the United States had the surname Diedrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,472 Americans. It ranked 8,956th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Diedrich?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Diedrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Diedrich getting more or less common?: More common. 3,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,655 in 2010, up 2.0%.
What are other spellings of Diedrich?: Diedrick.