How common is the surname Diener?

2,900 people in the United States had the surname Diener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,464 Americans. It ranked 10,968th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Diener?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Diener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Diener?

Gottfried Diener, bobsledder (1926-2015), followed by Travis Diener.

Where is the surname Diener most common?

Wikidata records people named Diener in the United States, Austria and Switzerland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Diener getting more or less common?

More common. 2,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,900 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Diener

A surname, carried by 2,900 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diener is more common than 93.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,900 people named Diener in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,464 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,725.

#10,968

rank among US surnames

2,900

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,748)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,959	Sorg	2,903	106,354
#10,962	Cripps	2,902	106,391
#10,964	Auman	2,901	106,427
#10,968	Diener	2,900	106,464
#10,974	Rabb	2,899	106,501
#10,977	Branstetter	2,898	106,537

Who is named Diener

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

96% of people named Diener identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dieners

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gottfried Diener
Bobsledder (1926-2015)
Travis Diener
American basketball player, born 1982
Bertha Eckstein-Diener
Austrian writer and historian (1874–1948)
Theodor Otto Diener
American phytopathologist (1921–2023)
Carl Diener
Austrian paleontologist (1862–1928)
Drake Diener
American basketball player (born 1981)
Joan Diener
American theatre actress and singer (1930-2006)

Notable Dieners come mostly from the United States (3), Austria (2) and Switzerland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Diener

Diener has the Soundex code D560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D560.

Questions

How common is the surname Diener?: 2,900 people in the United States had the surname Diener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,464 Americans. It ranked 10,968th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Diener?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Diener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Diener?: Gottfried Diener, bobsledder (1926-2015), followed by Travis Diener.
Where is the surname Diener most common?: Wikidata records people named Diener in the United States, Austria and Switzerland and 1 other country.
Is the surname Diener getting more or less common?: More common. 2,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,900 in 2010, up 6.4%.