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    The surname Dier

    A surname, carried by 691 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D600

    Dier: #33,121 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dier #33,121, 691 people Dier: #33,121 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dier #33,121, 691 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dier is more common than 79.6% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 691 people named Dier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 446,810 Americans. That is down 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 763.

    #33,121
    rank among US surnames
    691
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #29,237)

    Who is named Dier

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

    92% of people named Dier identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dier

    Dier has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dier come from?
    * As an English surname, variant of Dyer. * As a German surname, from Tier (“wild animal”).
    How common is the surname Dier?
    691 people in the United States had the surname Dier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 446,810 Americans. It ranked 33,121st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dier?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dier getting more or less common?
    Less common. 763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 691 in 2010, down 9.4%.