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    The surname Diel

    A surname, carried by 1,244 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D400

    Diel: #21,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Diel #21,105, 1,244 people Diel: #21,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Diel #21,105, 1,244 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diel is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, variant of Diehl.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,244 people named Diel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,262.

    #21,105
    rank among US surnames
    1,244
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,752)

    Who is named Diel

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

    90% of people named Diel identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Diel

    Diel 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 Diel come from?
    From the German surname, variant of Diehl.
    How common is the surname Diel?
    1,244 people in the United States had the surname Diel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. It ranked 21,105th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Diel?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Diel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Diel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,244 in 2010, down 1.4%.