# Dier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dier/  
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) | 691 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,121 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 446,810 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.4% (763 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Dyer. * As a German surname, from Tier (“wild animal”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dier 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Derr, Dear, Deer, Dery, Duer, Der, Dyer, Dwyer, Drew, Durr, Darr, Darrow.

## 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.