How common is the surname Diehl?

18,815 people in the United States had the surname Diehl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,410 Americans. It ranked 1,916th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Diehl?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Diehl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Diehl?

John Diehl, American actor (born 1950), followed by Ella Diehl.

Where is the surname Diehl most common?

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

Is the surname Diehl getting more or less common?

More common. 18,538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,815 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Diehl

A surname, carried by 18,815 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diehl is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

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”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,815 people named Diehl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,410 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,538.

#1,916

rank among US surnames

18,815

people in 2010

6.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,772)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,907	McClendon	18,857	16,373
#1,908	Araujo	18,856	16,374
#1,909	Sumner	18,838	16,390
#1,910	Saavedra	18,834	16,393
#1,912	Landis	18,826	16,400
#1,913	Caudill	18,822	16,403
#1,914	Jacobsen	18,820	16,405

Who is named Diehl

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

95% of people named Diehl identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Diehls

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Diehl
American actor (born 1950)
Ella Diehl
Badminton player, born 1978
David Diehl
American football player, offensive lineman, born 1980

Notable Diehls come mostly from the United States (2) and the Soviet Union (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Diehl

Diehl has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

Questions

Where does the surname Diehl come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Diehl?: 18,815 people in the United States had the surname Diehl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,410 Americans. It ranked 1,916th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Diehl?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Diehl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Diehl?: John Diehl, American actor (born 1950), followed by Ella Diehl.
Where is the surname Diehl most common?: Wikidata records people named Diehl in the United States and the Soviet Union.
Is the surname Diehl getting more or less common?: More common. 18,538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,815 in 2010, up 1.5%.