# Diehl (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/diehl/  
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) | 18,815 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,916 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,410 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (18,538 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from personal names deriving from the base Diet- (such as the first element of Dietrich), eventually from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu (“people”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Diehl 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Diehl in the United States and the Soviet Union.

## People named Diehl

- John Diehl, American actor (born 1950)
- Ella Diehl, badminton player
- David Diehl, American football player, offensive lineman

## Similar surnames

Dill, Dial, Diel, Doyle, Dailey, Daly, Dale, Daley, Dooley, Dahl, Deal, Dowell.

## 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.